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BOROUGH OF PENZANCE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS BOER WAR 1899 : 1903 DUNN, Joseph Smith. Lieutenant. 2 nd Regiment, Scottish Light Horse. Came to Penzance around 1879 with his parents and resided at Alma Terrace. Started work as a junior reporter with The Cornishman. Went to South Africa and was employed as a special correspondent for the Central News of London. Twice captured by the Boers but escaped. Served in Ladysmith during the siege. Accepted a commission in the Scottish Light Horse. Married with four children. Of a delicate disposition he died at Pretoria on 13 th of January 1902 from an abscess of the liver brought on by exposure, hard work and fatigue. SIMONS, Cecil. Quartermaster Sergeant. 63 rd Company (Wiltshire), 16 th /1 st Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. EDWARDS, Joseph John (Jack). Trooper. 93 rd Company (3 rd Sharpshooters), 23 rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. Died of enteric fever at Charlestown, Natal on 15 th of June 1902 just short of his 21 st birthday. Completed an apprenticeship as an outfitter with Messrs Simpson and Company, Penzance. Then moved to London where 18 months later he volunteered for active service being associated with a troop raised by the Earl of Dunraven. Son of George and Elizabeth Edwards of 26 Tolver Road, Penzance, Cornwall. Listed on a marble plaque in High Street Methodist Church, Penzance and on his parents’ headstone in Penzance Cemetery. PAYNTER, George. Trooper. Imperial Yeomanry. ROGERS, Robert John. Private. 13736. Royal Army Medical Corps. Died of enteric fever at Pretoria on 14 th of December 1900 age 23. Eldest son of Mr William L. Rogers, Trinity House Inspector, and Mrs Elizabeth Rogers of 2 St Anthonys Place and later of 39 Chapel Street, Penzance. Served a four year apprenticeship with Mr Bob Stakerley, Chemist of Penzance. Moved to London where he became compounder at the Army and Navy Stores. Joined the RAMC in February 1900 and signed for 12 months at the front. Was taken ill while on duty at the Model School Hospital, Pretoria and died within a few days. Former member of St Mary’s Church Choir, Penzance. Also listed on the RAMC Memorial, Gun Hill, Aldershot. EDE, Walter. Trooper. 2 nd Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts (Imperial Irregular Corps). Died of a heart disease at Johannesburg, South Africa on 10 th of May 1902 age 50. Enlisted at Johannesburg on 8 th May 1902 and died just two days later. Next of Kin given as his son – Walter Ede of Euston Square, London. CHAMPION, William Lewis. Trooper. Kitchener’s Horse, Imperial Light Horse. Killed in action on 13 th of December 1900 at Nooitgedacht, South Africa age 32. Son of John and Charlotte Champion of 29 Alverton Street, Penzance. Listed on parents’ headstone in Penzance Cemetery and on Truro School South African War Memorial. MCDONALD, M. Corporal. 5041. G Company, 2 nd Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action at the Battle of Colenso on 15 th of December 1899 whilst gallantly advancing to the attack with his company. Son of Mr and Mrs James McDonald of Penzance.
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BOROUGH!OF!PENZANCE!BOOK!OF!REMEMBRANCE!BIOGRAPHICAL!DETAILS!
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!BOER!WAR!
1899!:!1903!
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DUNN,!Joseph!Smith.!Lieutenant.!2nd!Regiment,!Scottish!Light!Horse.!Came!to!Penzance!around!
1879!with!his!parents!and!resided!at!Alma!Terrace.!Started!work!as!a!junior!reporter!with!The!Cornishman.!Went!to!South!Africa!and!was!employed!as!a!special!correspondent!for!the!Central!
News!of!London.!Twice!captured!by!the!Boers!but!escaped.!Served!in!Ladysmith!during!the!siege.!
Accepted!a!commission!in!the!Scottish!Light!Horse.!Married!with!four!children.!Of!a!delicate!
disposition!he!died!at!Pretoria!on!13th!of!January!1902!from!an!abscess!of!the!liver!brought!on!by!
exposure,!hard!work!and!fatigue.!!
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SIMONS,!Cecil.!Quartermaster!Sergeant.!63rd!Company!(Wiltshire),!16th/1st!Battalion,!Imperial!Yeomanry.!!
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EDWARDS,!Joseph!John!(Jack).!Trooper.!93rd!Company!(3rd!Sharpshooters),!23rd!Battalion,!
Imperial!Yeomanry.!Died!of!enteric!fever!at!Charlestown,!Natal!on!15th!of!June!1902!just!short!of!
his!21st!birthday.!Completed!an!apprenticeship!as!an!outfitter!with!Messrs!Simpson!and!
Company,!Penzance.!Then!moved!to!London!where!18!months!later!he!volunteered!for!active!
service!being!associated!with!a!troop!raised!by!the!Earl!of!Dunraven.!Son!of!George!and!Elizabeth!Edwards!of!26!Tolver!Road,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Listed!on!a!marble!plaque!in!High!Street!
Methodist!Church,!Penzance!and!on!his!parents’!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
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PAYNTER,!George.!Trooper.!Imperial!Yeomanry.!!!
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ROGERS,!Robert!John.!Private.!13736.!Royal!Army!Medical!Corps.!Died!of!enteric!fever!at!Pretoria!on!14th!of!December!1900!age!23.!Eldest!son!of!Mr!William!L.!Rogers,!Trinity!House!Inspector,!
and!Mrs!Elizabeth!Rogers!of!2!St!Anthonys!Place!and!later!of!39!Chapel!Street,!Penzance.!Served!a!
four!year!apprenticeship!with!Mr!Bob!Stakerley,!Chemist!of!Penzance.!Moved!to!London!where!
he!became!compounder!at!the!Army!and!Navy!Stores.!Joined!the!RAMC!in!February!1900!and!
signed!for!12!months!at!the!front.!Was!taken!ill!while!on!duty!at!the!Model!School!Hospital,!
Pretoria!and!died!within!a!few!days.!Former!member!of!St!Mary’s!Church!Choir,!Penzance.!Also!
listed!on!the!RAMC!Memorial,!Gun!Hill,!Aldershot.!!
EDE,!Walter.!Trooper.!2nd!Kitchener’s!Fighting!Scouts!(Imperial!Irregular!Corps).!Died!of!a!heart!
disease!at!Johannesburg,!South!Africa!on!10th!of!May!1902!age!50.!Enlisted!at!Johannesburg!on!8th!
May!1902!and!died!just!two!days!later.!Next!of!Kin!given!as!his!son!–!Walter!Ede!of!Euston!
Square,!London.!
!CHAMPION,!William!Lewis.!Trooper.!Kitchener’s!Horse,!Imperial!Light!Horse.!Killed!in!action!on!
13th!of!December!1900!at!Nooitgedacht,!South!Africa!age!32.!Son!of!John!and!Charlotte!Champion!
of!29!Alverton!Street,!Penzance.!Listed!on!parents’!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery!and!on!
Truro!School!South!African!War!Memorial.!
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MCDONALD,!M.!Corporal.!5041.!G!Company,!2nd!Devonshire!Regiment.!Killed!in!action!at!the!
Battle!of!Colenso!on!15th!of!December!1899!whilst!gallantly!advancing!to!the!attack!with!his!company.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!James!McDonald!of!Penzance.!
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!WORLD!WAR!I!
1914!:!1919!
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ADLAM,!James!Francis.!Steward.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Trewyn!(St!Ives).!Lost!at!sea!on!or!about!
the!30th!!March!1916!age!47.!Son!of!Thomas!and!Mary!Jane!Adlam!(nee!Andrew)!of!8!South!Place,!
Penzance,!Cornwall.!Listed!on!the!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London,!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!family!headstone!
in!Penzance!Cemetery.!!The!SS!Trewyn,!a!3084!ton!ship!owned!by!the!Hain!Steamship!Company!
of!St!Ives,!was!under!charter!to!William!Muller!and!Company!for!a!voyage!from!Algiers,!North!
Africa!to!Middlesbrough!with!a!cargo!of!iron!ore.!She!sailed!from!Algiers!on!23rd!March!1916!and!
was!last!sighted!passing!Gibraltar!on!25th!March.!A!lifebuoy!and!wreckage!was!found!on!1st!April!
1916!but!no!survivors.!On!30th!March!the!German!submarine!U:28!torpedoed!and!sank!an!
unknown!cargo!vessel,!of!similar!size!and!description!to!the!SS!Trewyn,!to!the!west!of!Ushant,!France!which!might!have!been!the!Trewyn.!
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AMOR,!Leonard.!Serjeant.!5483.!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry!attached!2/8th!Battalion!
(Territorial!Force),!Worcestershire!Regiment,!183rd!Brigade,!61st!(2nd!South!Midland)!Division.!
Killed!in!action!on!Wednesday!23rd!August!1916!age!22!by!shell!fire.!Son!of!Arthur!Amor!and!
Elizabeth!Sidney!Amor!of!Polteggan,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Formerly!employee!(Cable!Clerk)!of!
Western!Union!Cable!Company.!Born!and!enlisted!at!Penzance!but!resident!in!Plymouth,!Devon!when!he!enlisted.!He!left!Penzance!at!the!outbreak!of!the!war!with!the!Territorials.!A!noted!
soccer!player.!Buried!in!St!Vaast!Post!Military!Cemetery,!Richebourg:!L’Avoue,!Bethune,!France!
(III.H.17).!Listed!on!Madron!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!his!
parents’!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
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ANCELL,!Frederick!Gordon.!Serjeant.!7500.!11th!(Service)!Battalion,!Royal!Fusiliers!(City!of!London!Regiment),!54th!Brigade,!18th!(Eastern)!Division!.!Killed!in!action!by!a!German!sniper!on!
Thursday!21st!October!1915!age!23.!Son!of!!John!James!and!Martha!Ancell!of!27!Alverne!
Buildings,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Enlisted!at!Lymington,!Hampshire!on!13th!October!1914.!Prior!to!
joining!he!was!in!the!Trinity!Service!and!had!worked!on!the!Wolf!Rock,!Round!Island!and!Hurst!
Castle!lighthouses.!Buried!in!Point!110!Old!Military!Cemetery,!Fricourt,!Albert,!France!(H14).!
Listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!Baptist!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!
War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!his!family!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!!
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ANGWIN,!John!Tregear.!Private.!23291.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!
43rd!Brigade,!14th!(Light)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Friday!18th!August!1916!age!19.!Son!of!
Andrew!and!Mary!Ann!Angwin!of!7!Nevada!Place,!Heamoor,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Born!in!the!
Transvaal,!South!Africa!and!enlisted!at!Penzance.!Listed!on!Thiepval!Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!and!Face!6B),!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials,!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!in!Bolitho!Club,!St!Just.!!On!the!18th!of!August!1916!the!6th!
Battalion!attacked,!as!part!of!a!major!offensive,!the!northern!corner!of!Delville!Wood.!Their!
objectives!were!achieved!but!at!a!cost!of!7!officers!and!69!other!ranks!killed,!7!officers!and!233!
other!ranks!wounded!and!50!other!ranks!missing.!Some!of!the!casualties!were!attributed!to!
hostile!artillery!fire!prior!to!start!of!the!advance!with!some!reports!stating!that!“friendly!artillery!
fire”!was!also!to!blame.!!
ARBERY,!Frederick!James.!Military!Cross.!Temporary!Captain.!1st!!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!
Light!Infantry,!95th!Brigade,!5th!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Tuesday!9th!October!1917!age!27.!
Born!in!Shimla,!India.!Resident!of!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Son!of!Major!C.J.!Arbery!of!Shimla,!India.!
Interred!in!Godewaersvelde!British!Cemetery,!France!(I.F.37).!Listed!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!
Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!!!
!ARBERY,!Richard!Sinclair.!Gunner.!499.!D!Battery,!275th!(West!Lancashire)!Brigade,!Royal!Field!
Artillery!(T.F.).!Died!of!wounds!on!Saturday!12th!August!1916!age!22.!Eldest!son!of!the!late!Capt!
(Master!Mariner)!Sanders!Arbery!and!of!Mrs!Elizabeth!Arbery!of!57!Portman!Road,!Liverpool;!
grandson!of!Mr!Richard!Arbery!of!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Born!at!Toxteth!and!enlisted!at!Liverpool.!
Buried!in!La!Neuville!British!Cemetery,!Corbie,!Somme,!France!(J.F.32).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!
of!Remembrance.!!!
ASH,!Edmund.!!Leading!Seaman.!3247C.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!SS!Dartmoor.!Lost!at!sea!through!
enemy!action!on!Sunday!27th!May!1917!age!40.!Husband!of!Amelia!Ash,!Mount!Pleasant,!
Mousehole,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Also!listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!23).!The!
SS!Dartmoor,!a!defensively!armed!ship!of!2,870!tons,!was!torpedoed!without!warning!and!sunk!
by!the!German!submarine!UC:50!thirty!five!miles!south!east!of!Fastnet.!Twenty!five!of!her!crew,!including!the!Master,!went!down!with!the!ship.!Amelia!Ash!later!married!Walter!Harvey!and!they!
moved,!with!their!children,!in!about!1920!to!work!and!live!Great!Yarmouth.!Plymouth!Naval!
Memorial!is!located!on!The!Hoe!which!looks!directly!out!to!Plymouth!Sound!in!Devon.!It!
commemorates!those!members!of!the!Royal!Navy!who!have!no!known!grave,!the!majority!of!
deaths!having!occurred!at!sea!where!no!permanent!memorial!could!be!provided.!It!
commemorates!more!than!7,000!of!the!Great!War!and!almost!16,000!from!the!Second!World!
War.!!
BAILEY,!Harry.!Engineman.!2933/ST.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Vivid.!Died!on!Wednesday!5th!
February!1919!age!28.!Husband!of!Annie!Bailey!of!3!St!John’s!Place,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Interred!
Penzance!Cemetery!(D10.20)!Listed!on!St!John!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!
and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Vivid!was!the!shore!establishment!at!Devonport,!
Plymouth!specialising!in!gunnery!and!signals!training.!Became!HMS!Drake!in!1934.!
!BATTEN,!Joseph!Marrack!Harvey.!Private.!245963.!9th!(Service)!Battalion,!Cheshire!Regiment,!
56th!Brigade,!19th!(Western)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!29th!April!1918!age!20.!Only!son!
of!Joseph!and!Elizabeth!Batten!of!67!High!Street,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Born!at!Penzance!and!
enlisted!in!Teignmouth,!Devon.!Formerly!220135!Royal!Devon!Yeomanry.!Interred!in!Klein:
Vierstraat!British!Cemetery,!Heuvelland,!Belgium!(V.D.3).!Listed!on!St!Mary’s!War!Memorial,!
Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
BEARD,!David.!Lance!Corporal.!26329.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!95th!
Brigade,!5th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!23rd!April!1917!age!27.!Husband!of!M.E.L.!Rowe!
(formerly!Beard!of!Poniou,!Gulval)!of!Pleming,!Long!Rock,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Born!in!
Cambridge!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!Arras!Memorial,!Faubourg!:!d’Amiens!Cemetery,!
Pas!de!Calais,!France!(Bay!6).!Listed!on!Gulval!Church!War!Memorial,!Gulval!War!Memorial!and!
Long!Rock!Memorial!Institute!War!Memorial.!!The!22nd!April!found!the!Battalion!out!of!the!line!at!Bois!du!Berthorval!cleaning!up!and!drying!out!after!heavy!rains.!The!same!day!they!received!
orders!for!an!attack!on!the!village!of!La!Coulotte!the!following!day.!At!0445!hours!both!B!and!C!
Companies,!with!A!and!D!Companies!in!support,!advanced!behind!an!excellent!barrage!but!soon!
came!under!heavy!machine:gun!fire!but!they!continued!the!advance!only!to!be!met!by!thick!wire!
in!front!of!the!enemy!trenches.!!The!attack!developed!into!a!fierce!bombing!contest!between!the!
DCLI!and!the!Germans.!The!Battalion!suffered!severe!casualties!with!C!Company!being!reduced!to!one!Officer!and!10!Other!Ranks.!!The!fighting!continued!all!day!but!later!slackened!when!14th!
Warwicks!arrived!to!relieve!1!DCLI.!!
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BECKERLEG,!John!(Jack).!Private.!363.!3rd!South!African!Infantry!Regiment!(Transvaal),!1st!
Infantry!Brigade!Group.!Accidentally!killed!on!Tuesday!1st!February!1916!age!25.!Fifth!son!of!
naval!Captain!Barzillai!Beckerleg!and!Theodora!Beckerleg!of!Alverton,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!
Interred!Alexandria!Military!and!War!Memorial!Cemetery,!Chatby,!Egypt!(E.11).!Also!listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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BENNETTS,!William!Henry.!Seaman.!2094D.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Goliath.!Lost!at!sea!
through!enemy!action!on!Thursday!13th!May!1915!age!31.!Son!of!John!and!Elizabeth!Bennetts!of!7!
Wesley!Place,!Newlyn,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!8),!
Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Goliath,!a!Canopus!class!
battleship,!was!sunk!on!13th!May!1915!by!a!Turkish!torpedo!boat!off!Cape!Helles,!Gallipoli,!Turkey!with!the!loss!of!over!500!crew.!
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BERRYMAN,!Luke!Spargo.!Master.!Merchant!Navy.!SS!Coath!(Penzance)!formerly!SS!Skerryvose!
(Glasgow).!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Wednesday!13th!December!1916!age!59.!Father!
of!Miss!Mary!Berryman!of!Calabar!House,!3!Lescudjack!Road,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Listed!on!
Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London!and!on!the!Transport!War!Memorial,!Newhaven,!East!Sussex!(North!panel).!Also!listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!SS!Coath!was!originally!presumed!sunk!by!a!mine!in!the!
English!Channel!on!13th!December!1916,!with!the!loss!of!16!crew,!but!now!believed!to!have!been!
torpedoed!and!sunk!by!the!German!submarine!UB:38!off!Beachy!Head,!East!Sussex!en!route!
Eastbourne!to!Le!Havre,!France!with!a!cargo!of!arms!and!ammunition.!In!1904!she!had!collided!
with!and!sank!the!RN!submarine!A9!off!Plymouth,!Devon!but!with!no!casualties!on!either!vessel.!!
BIRD,!Clement!Eustace.!Second!Lieutenant.!9th!(Service)!Battalion,!Royal!Fusiliers!(City!of!London!
Regiment),!36th!Brigade,!12th!(Eastern)!Division.!Died!of!wounds!in!France!on!Thursday!28th!June!
1917!age!19.!Son!of!Henry!Bird!and!Maud!Katharine!Bird!(nee!Stawell)!of!9!Morrab!Terrace,!
Penzance;!brother!of!Richard!and!Harry!Bird!(see!below).!All!four!brothers!were!in!the!Army!but!
only!one!survived.!Clement!was!educated!at!Penzance!County!School!for!Boys!(Godolphin!
House)(now!Humphry!Davy!School)!and!left!in!the!Christmas!term!of!1914.!He!joined!4th!Battalion!Devonshire!Regiment!and!after!training!went,!as!a!Lance!Corporal,!with!the!battalion!to!
India.!He!returned!from!India!as!a!Sergeant!and!was!commissioned!into!the!Royal!Fusiliers!who!
were!then!stationed!at!Shoreham,!Essex.!Interred!in!Monchy!British!Cemetery,!Monchy:le:Preux,!
Pas!de!Calais,!France!(I.F.15).!Listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Humphry!Davy!School!
War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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BIRD,!Harry!Godwin!Decimus.!Private.!21571.!5th!(Western!Cavalry)!Battalion,!2nd!Brigade,!1st!Division,!Canadian!Expeditionary!Force.!Died!of!wounds!at!Wimereux!on!Monday!23rd!April!1917!
age!23,!received!at!Vimy!Ridge!on!9th!April.!Born!at!Plymouth!22nd!October!1892!and!education!at!
Exeter!and!Ottery!St!Mary.!Emigrated!to!Canada!in!1911!and!settled!at!Moose!Jaw,!Saskatchewan!
where!he!was!employed!by!the!Royal!Bank!of!Canada.!Joined!the!Canadian!Militia!there!and!was!
called!up!on!the!outbreak!of!war!in!August!1914.!Served!with!the!Expeditionary!Force!in!France!
and!Flanders!from!February!1915.!Son!of!Henry!Bird!!and!Maud!Katharine!Bird!(nee!Stawell)!of!9!Morrab!Terrace,!Penzance,!Cornwall;!brother!of!Richard!and!Clement!Bird!(see!above!and!
below).!Interred!Wimereux!Communal!Cemetery,!Boulogne,!France!(II.I.6A).!Listed!on!St!Mary’s!
Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!Page!
201!of!the!Canadian!First!World!War!Book!of!Remembrance!in!Ottawa,!Canada.!The!5th!was!the!
right!hand!battalion!of!the!Canadian!Corps!at!the!Battle!of!Vimy!Ridge!:!one!of!21!battalions!of!
some!600!men!each.!It!was!a!miserable!day!with!sleet,!rain!and!snow!and!the!5th!was!in!the!first!
wave!with!zero!hour!at!0530!hours.!Throughout!the!previous!24!hours!the!Allied!artillery!pounded!the!enemy!positions!on!Vimy!Ridge!and!at!zero!hour!changed!to!a!creeping!barrage!with!
the!advancing!infantry!sometimes!getting!to!within!60!metres!of!it!!The!battalion!overran!the!
first!and!second!lines!sustaining!few!casualties!but!the!third!line!proved!a!tough!nut!to!crack!and!
the!German!fire!accounted!for!many!of!the!attacking!force.!However,!the!ridge!was!taken!and!a!
noble!Canadian!victory!achieved.!!
!BIRD,!Richard!de!Burgho!Molyneux.!Lance!Corporal.!432.!Number!3!Company,!8th!(Winnipeg,!
Manitoba)!Battalion,!2nd!Brigade,!1st!Division,!Canadian!Expeditionary!Force.!Killed!in!action!on!
Sunday!25th!April!1915!age!30!during!the!Second!Battle!of!Ypres.!Born!in!Maker,!Cornwall!on!21st!
February!1885.!Son!of!Henry!Bird!and!Maud!Katharine!Bird!(nee!Stawell)!of!9!Morrab!Terrace,!
Penzance,!Cornwall;!brother!of!Clement!and!Harry!Bird!(see!above).!Went!to!Canada!in!1912!and!
settled!at!Winnipeg!as!a!lawyer.!Enlisted!at!Valcartier,!Quebec!on!23rd!September!1914.!Listed!on!
Menin!Gate!Memorial,!Ypres,!Belgium!(Panel!24:26:28:30).!Also!listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!Page!5!of!the!
Canadian!First!World!War!Book!of!Remembrance!in!Ottawa,!Canada.!On!25th!April!1915!the!
Canadians!conducted!a!fighting!retreat!against!overwhelming!odds.!They!had!endured!heavy!
shelling,!both!gas!and!high!explosive,!and!repelled!countless!attacks!on!this!the!fourth!day!of!the!
battle!but!they!held!their!ground!until!relieved!in!the!line!later!in!the!day.!!Casualties,!on!both!
sides,!were!heavy!with!the!Canadians!suffering!more!than!6,000.!
!BLAKE,!Harold!George.!Sapper.!551314.!Railway!Troops!(Longmoor),!Royal!Engineers.!Died!at!
Torquay!on!Saturday!16th!March!1918!age!29.!Husband!of!Alice!Mary!Blake!of!11!Upton!Hill,!
Torquay,!Devon.!Former!booking!clerk!with!GWR!at!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Interred!Torquay!
Cemetery!(F.2.2655).!Listed!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!!
!BLAMEY,!Harry.!Serjeant.!24236.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!95th!Brigade,!5th!
Division.!Died!of!wounds!from!enemy!shellfire!on!Saturday!21st!September!1918!age!24.!Elder!
son!of!Mrs!Mary!Blamey!of!1!Rosevean!Terrace,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!He!was!on!the!staff!of!the!
Midland!Railway!Company,!having!been!transferred!from!Penzance!to!Bristol,!and!volunteered!
for!service!shortly!after!the!outbreak!of!hostilities.!Interred!in!Grevillers!British!Cemetery,!
Bapaume,!France!(XIII.D.15).!Listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial,!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!15th!of!September!saw!1!DCLI!!in!the!support!area!
north!east!of!Ytres.!Enemy!aircraft!dropped!bombs!on!the!camp!on!the!17th!but!no!casualties!
were!suffered.!!On!the!20th!the!Battalion!relieved!14th!Royal!Warwicks!in!the!front!line.!On!the!
following!day!Serjeant!Blamey!was!sitting!in!his!dug!out!when!an!enemy!shell!(Whizz:bang)!
exploded!and!he!was!hit!by!a!piece!of!shrapnel!in!the!left!shoulder.!He!died!shortly!afterwards.!
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BLEWETT,!Cecil.!!Private.!33850.!1st!Battalion,!Devonshire!Regiment,!95th!Brigade,!5th!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Friday!23rd!August!1918!age!23.!!Enlisted!in!Penzance.!Son!of!William!Henry!
and!Rovena!Blewett!of!The!Cliff,!Mousehole.!Interred!in!Boisguillaume!Communal!Cemetery!
Extension,!Seine:Maritime,!Rouen,!France!(E.18A).!Listed!on!his!parents!headstone!in!Paul!
Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul,!on!Mousehole!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!on!Paul!Church!
War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!In!early!August!the!battalion!was!
undergoing!training!following!front!line!action!in!the!Nieppe!sector!in!July.!On!21st!August!they!
entered!into!General!Sir!Douglas!Haig’s!“Advance!to!Victory”!battle,!which!had!commenced!astride!the!Somme!on!8th!August,!and!as!part!of!a!major!attack,!through!mist!and!fog!in!the!area!of!
Bocquoy!and!Achiet!Le!Petit,!they!made!significant!advances.!During!the!following!day!L/Cpl!
Onions,!along!with!Pte!Eades,!attacked!an!enemy!trench!system!and!captured!over!250!prisoners!
of!war.!For!this!action!L/Cpl!Onions!was!awarded!the!Victoria!Cross.!
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BLEWETT,!Edwin!Charles.!Seaman.!2204C.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Albion.!Died!on!active!service!on!Sunday!9th!July!1916!aged!36.!!Born!in!Mousehole,!Cornwall.!Second!son!of!Francis!and!
Adela!Blewett!of!Eden!Place,!Mill!Pool,!Mousehole;!brother!of!John!Marrack!(below);!husband!of!
Nellie!Blewett!of!Chapel!Street,!Mousehole.!Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery!with!Commonweath!War!
Graves!Commission!headstone!(1072).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!HMS!Albion,!a!Canopus!class!battleship,!was!badly!damaged!by!Turkish!gunfire!
while!covering!the!Gallipoli!landings!in!1915.!She!returned!to!British!waters!in!1916!and!was!
sold!for!scrap!in!1919.!!!
BLEWETT,!John!Marrack.!Leading!Seaman!(Chief!Gunner).!1488C.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!SS!
Alnwick!Castle.!Died!of!exposure!on!Monday!19th!March!1917!age!39.!!Eldest!son!of!Francis!and!
Adela!Blewett!of!Eden!Place,!Mill!Pool,!Mousehole,!Penzance;!brother!of!Edwin!Charles!(above);!
husband!of!Rebecca!A.!Blewett!of!15!Gwavas!Street,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!
Memorial,!Devon!(23),!on!tablet!in!Mousehole!Methodist!Church,!on!Paul!Church!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!SS!Alnwick!Castle,!a!defensively!armed!ship!of!5,900!tons,!
was!torpedoed!without!warning!by!a!submarine!310!miles!south!west!of!Bishop!Rock!on!19th!
March!1917.!Forty!lives!were!lost!including!some!of!the!crew!from!the!SS!Trevose!who!had!been!
rescued!the!previous!day.!!!
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BLEWETT,!John!Thomas.!Seaman.!1494C.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Goliath.!Lost!at!sea!through!
enemy!action!on!Thursday!13th!May!1915!aged!36.!!Eldest!son!of!William!and!Hester!Blewett!of!Mousehole;!husband!of!M.A.!Blewett,!1!Umfula!Place,!St!Ives.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!
Devon!(Panel!8),!HMS!Goliath!plaque!and!War!Memorial!in!Paul!Church,!Penzance,!on!St!Ives!
Parish!Church!(St!Ia!with!St!Andrew)!War!Memorial,!on!St!Ives!United!Methodist!Church!War!
Memorial!and!in!the!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Goliath,!a!Canopus!class!battleship,!
was!sunk!on!13th!May!1915!by!a!Turkish!torpedo!boat!off!Cape!Helles,!Gallipoli!with!the!loss!of!
over!500!crew.!
!BLEWETT,!Richard!Buckland.!Deck!Hand.!9905DA.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Trawler!Loch!Naver!
(A45).!!Lost!at!sea!on!Monday!13th!May!1918!aged!21!years.!Son!of!Stephen!and!Bessie!Blewett,!4!
Eden!Gardens,!Newlyn,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!
29),!in!Centenary!Methodist!Church,!Newlyn,!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!HM!Trawler!Loch!Naver!was!mined!in!the!Aegean!Sea!off!Mindisi!Point!on!13th!
May!1918!with!the!loss!of!all!her!thirteen!crew.!The!mine!that!sank!the!Loch!Naver!was!laid!by!the!German!mine!laying!submarine!UC74.!
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BOADEN,!William!(Billy)!Gordon.!Late!Royal!Marine!Light!Infantry.!Died!as!a!result!of!war!service!
on!Monday!10th!March!1919!age!21.!Only!son!of!William!and!Bessie!Boaden!of!1!Chapel!Street,!
Penzance.!Born!at!Cury!and!educated!at!Penzance!County!School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!
School)!where!he!was!in!Godolphin!House!and!left!at!the!end!of!the!Summer!term!in!1914!Listed!on!Chapel!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!Humphrey!Davy!
School!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!In!1923!the!Royal!Marine!Light!
Infantry!amalgamated!with!the!Royal!Marine!Artillery!to!form!the!Royal!Marines.!
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BOASE,!Harold.!Lieutenant.!Royal!Navy.!Commanded!HM!Submarine!C16.!Drowned!on!active!
service!on!Monday!16th!April!1917!age!25.!Educated!at!Clifton!College,!Bristol!and!RN!Colleges!of!
Osborne!and!Dartmouth.!Son!of!Edward,!who!was!clerk!to!the!St!Ives!Council,!and!Mary!Evans!Boase!of!The!Hollies,!Alverton,!Penzance.!Interred!Shotley!(St!Mary)!Churchyard,!Suffolk!
(Submarine!Enclosure).!Listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!
in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Had!previously!served!on!HM!Submarine!C29.!On!exercise!off!
Harwich,!at!periscope!depth,!C16!collided!with!the!destroyer!HMS!Melampus,!sustained!damage!
and!bottomed!at!60!feet.!Despite!escape!attempts!all!the!crew!drowned.!The!submarine!was!later!
raised!and!put!back!into!service.!
!BOASE,!William!Henry.!Private.!T/254834.!37th!Railhead!Supply!Detachment,!Army!Service!
Corps.!Killed!in!action!on!Easter!Day!8th!April!1917!age!37.!Born!in!Ludgvan!and!enlisted!in!
Penzance.!Husband!of!Caroline!Boase!of!5!Tolverth!Terrace!and!later!of!20!Trescoe!Street,!Long!
Rock,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Faubourg!D’Amiens!Cemetery,!Arras,!France!(II.P.19).!Listed!on!
Ludgvan!Church!War!Memorial,!Long!Rock!Memorial!Institute!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!!
BODINAR,!William!(Billy).!Deck!Hand.!11434DA.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Blackmorevale.!!Lost!
at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Wednesday!1st!!May!1918!aged!20.!!Youngest!son!of!John!and!
Elizabeth!Bodinar,!Gurnick!Street,!Mousehole.!!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(29),!
on!headstone!in!Paul!Churchyard,!on!Paul!Church!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!HMS!Blackmorevale,!a!Hunt!class!minesweeper,!was!launched!in!1916!and!mined!
on!1st!May!1918!off!Montrose,!Scotland.!!
BOLITHO,!William!Edward!Thomas.!Distinguished!Service!Order.!Justice!of!the!Peace.!Lieutenant!
Colonel.!Raised!and!commanded!2nd!Royal!1st!!Devon!Yeomanry!at!Exeter!and!served!with!his!
regiment!in!Ireland!before!the!Armistice.!Died!on!Friday!21st!February!1919!at!Bath!age!56!after!
a!prolonged!illness.!!Son!of!William!Bolitho!and!Mary!H.!Bolitho!of!Polwithen,!Penzance;!husband!
of!Ethel!Grace!Bolitho!(nee!Macleod!of!Invergordon!Castle)!of!Trevelloe,!Paul,!Penzance.!Served!in!the!27th!Company,!7th!Battalion!Imperial!Yeomanry!during!South!African!Campaign!(Boer!War)!
where!he!was!wounded,!awarded!the!DSO!and!mentioned!in!despatches.!!Interred!in!family!vault!
in!Gulval!Churchyard,!Penzance!(North!East!of!Church!beside!path).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!
Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!at!Battery!Rocks,!Madron!War!Memorial,!Gulval!Church!War!
Memorial,!Gulval!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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BOLITHO,!William!Harry.!Gunner!(Signaller).!65330.!242nd!!Siege!Battery,!Royal!Garrison!Artillery.!Died!in!Boulogne!Military!Hospital!of!double!pneumonia!on!Friday!11th!May!1917!age!
24.!Born!in!Gulval,!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Bodmin.!Employee!of!H.D.!Pochin!&!Co.!Ltd.!At!
Balleswidden!mine,!St!Just:in:Penwith!before!enlisting.!Eldest!son!of!George!and!Grace!Ellen!
Bolitho!of!Newbridge,!Sancreed,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Interred!in!Boulogne!Eastern!Cemetery,!Pas!
de!Calais,!France!(Plot!IV,!Row!B,!Grave!16).!Listed!on!Sancreed!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!
!BOLITHO!,!William!Torquill!Macleod.!Lieutenant.!4th!Troop,!B!Squadron,!19th!(Queen!Alexandria’s!
Own!Royal)!Hussars,!9th!Cavalry!Brigade,!1st!Cavalry!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!24th!
May!1915!age!22.!Elder!and!only!surviving!on!of!Lieutenant!Colonel!William!Edward!Thomas!
Bolitho!DSO,!JP!and!Mrs!Ethel!Grace!Bolitho!of!York!House,!Trevelloe,!Penzance!and!Hannaford,!
Ashburton,!Devon!(see!above).!!Born!on!13th!November!1892!at!Pendrea,!Penzance!and!educated!
at!Warren!Hill,!Eastbourne,!Osborne!Royal!Naval!College!and!Dartmouth!Naval!College!but!reluctantly!left!the!navy!in!1912,!in!the!rank!of!midshipman,!due!to!cronic!seasickness.!!Joined!
19th!Hussars!in!June!1913!and!went!to!France!with!their!B!Squadron!in!August!1914.!Promoted!to!
Lieutenant!in!March!1915.!He!was!killed!by!a!shell,!along!with!five!of!his!men,!while!gallantly!
making!his!way!through!a!zone!of!poisonous!gas!fumes!at!Chateau!Hooge!during!the!second!
battle!of!Ypres.!!Listed!on!Menin!Gate!Memorial!at!Ypres,!West!Flanders,!Belgium!(Panel!5)!and!
on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Gulval!Church!War!Memorial,!Gulval!War!Memorial,!Madron!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Also!listed!on!a!
memorial!plaque!located!in!Invergordon!town!museum.!In!addition!to!a!dedicated!memorial!
window!in!Paul!Church!there!is!also!one!to!him!in!Luesden!Church,!near!Ashburton,!Devon.!!
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BOLLAND,!Theodore!Julian.!Major!(temp.).!1/9th!Battalion!(T.F.),!The!King’s!(Liverpool!
Regiment),!2nd!Brigade,!1st!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!9th!May!1915!age!45.!Son!of!
Thomas!John!Bolland!of!Manchester;!husband!of!Bessie!Evelyn!Bolland!(nee!Lane)!of!“Belmont”,!Penzance.!Born!on!6th!January!1870!and!educated!at!Uppingham.!Joined!the!Manchester!
Regiment!in!1892!and!later!transferred!to!the!16th!Rajputs,!Indian!Army.!Retired,!due!to!ill!
health,!in!1902.!On!the!outbreak!of!the!war!he!was!gazetted!Captain!(temp.)!in!the!9th!(County!of!
London)!Battalion,!The!London!Regiment!and!soon!afterwards!was!promoted!to!Major!(temp.)!in!
the!King’s.!While!in!the!front!line,!and!in!command!of!the!battalion,!he!went!to!the!rescue!of!a!
soldier!who!was!lying!wounded!just!over!the!parapet!and!was!killed.!Listed!on!Le!Touret!
Memorial,!Pas!de!Calais,!France!(Panel!6!to!8).!Also!listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!(Note:!Local!newspaper!“The!
Cornishman”!states!that!his!battalion!was!2/9!KINGS!but!this!is!incorrect!as!they!did!not!arrive!in!
France!until!1917).!
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BONE,!Samuel!Harvey.!Private.!1873.!4th!Regiment,!South!African!(Scottish)!Infantry,!South!
African!Brigade,!9th!(Scottish)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!18th!December!1916!age!25.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!T.!Bone!of!Levant!Road,!Pendeen;!husband!of!Annie!Bone!of!Richmond!Street,!
Heamoor,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Faubourg!D’Amiens!Cemetery,!Arras,!France!(Plot!II,!Row!A,!
Grave!26).!Listed!on!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!War!Memorial,!Madron!War!Memorial,!both!
Pendeen!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!South!African!Brigade!(1st,!
2nd,!3rd!and!4th!Regiments)!joined!the!division!in!May!1916!and!remained!with!it!until!September!
1918.!From!5th!December!1916!until!9th!April!1917!the!division!was!in!the!line!north!and!east!of!
Arras.!There!was!no!major!incident!on!18th!December!1916!so!it!is!assumed!that!Private!Bone’s!death!can!be!attributed!to!the!daily!attrition!experienced!in!the!front!line.!
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BONE,!Thomas!Trequathe.!2nd!Corporal.!156953.!Inland!Water!Transport,!Royal!Engineers.!
Enlisted!in!Penzance.!Died!of!wounds!on!Sunday!2nd!September!1917!aged!33!years.!Youngest!
son!of!William!and!Sarah!Trequathe!Bone,!The!Coombe,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Dunkirk!
Town!Cemetery,!Nord,!France!(Plot!II,!Row!A,!Grave!8).!Listed!in!Centenary!Methodist!Church,!Newlyn,!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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BONETTO,!Francis!(Frank)!B.!Private.!240592.!1/4th!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry!
(Territorial!Force),!234th!Brigade,!75th!Division.!Died!on!Saturday!2nd!November!1918.!Enlisted!in!
Penzance.!Frank!was!a!Territorial!Force!soldier!who!enlisted!at!Penzance.!The!1/4th!Battalion!
DCLI!(T.F.)!was!originally!raised!on!2nd!September!1914!as!the!4th!(Foreign!Service)!Battalion!
(T.F.)!from!those!officers!and!men!of!the!4th!and!5th!Territorial!Battalions!who!had!previously!volunteered!for!overseas!service.!It!was!quickly!re:designated!the!1/4th!as!another!foreign!
service!battalion,!the!2/4th!!was!raised.!The!1/4th!sailed!for!India!on!4th!October!1914!where!it!
underwent!a!period!of!hard!training!to!bring!it!up!to!the!standard!required!of!fighting!troops.!On!
22nd!January!1916!the!Battalion!sailed!for!Aden,!where!it!was!involved!in!operations!against!the!
Turkish!army!which!was!attempting!to!attack!the!valuable!strategic!coaling!station!of!Aden.!In!
February!1917!the!Battalion!sailed!for!Suez!where!it!joined!General!Allenby’s!Egyptian!
Expeditionary!Force!which!was!engaged!in!driving!the!Turkish!army!out!of!Palestine.!!Initally!employed!on!guarding!Allenby’s!lines!of!communication,!it!subsequently!saw!considerable!action!
at!El!Mughar!(13th!November!1917),!Nebi!Samwil!(19th!:!22nd!November!1917),!Jerusalem!(25th!
December!1917),!Tel!Asur!(8th!:!12th!March!1918)!and!Sharon!(19th!:!25th!September!1918).!!
Interred!in!Gaza!War!Cemetery,!Gaza,!Israel!(Plot!XXVII,!Row!G,!Grave!11)!and!listed!on!Newlyn!
and!Falmouth!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!BOON,!Charles.!Private.!17687.!7th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!61st!
Brigade,!20th!(Light)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Friday!25th!August!1916!age!32.!Born!in!
Penzance.!Second!son!of!Alfred!John!and!Lavina!Boon!of!7!Coinage!Hall!Street,!Penzance.!A!
printer!by!trade!he!joined!the!colours!in!Falmouth!soon!after!the!outbreak!of!the!war.!The!
Battalion!sailed!for!France!on!26th!/27th!July!1915!as!part!of!the!61st!Brigade.!Listed!on!Thiepval!
Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!and!Face!6B).!Also!listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Private!Boon!was!asleep!in!his!
trench!after!coming!off!a!working!party.!A!shell!blew!in!the!parapet!on!top!of!him!and!buried!him.!
It!was!some!time!before!he!was!found!but!by!then!he!was!dead.!!
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BRIDGEMAN,!Samuel.!Private.!200195.!1/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!
234th!Brigade,!75th!Division.!Died!on!Thursday!24th!October!1918!age!24!in!Palestine.!Born!in!
Madron!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Son!of!William!and!Lily!Bridgeman,!4!Chyandour!Terrace,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Gaza!War!Cemetery,!Israel!(Plot!XXVII,!Row!E,!Grave!2).!Listed!on!Chapel!
Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!Madron!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!
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BROAD,!Charles!Edward.!Master.!Merchant!Navy.!SS!Boynton!(London).!Lost!at!sea!on!Monday!
24th!September!1917!age!51.!Son!of!William!and!Mary!Broad!of!Tolcarne,!Newlyn;!husband!of!
Catherine!Broad!of!1!Peterborough!Road,!Wavertree,!Liverpool;!brother!of!Sidney!(see!below).!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!SS!Boynton,!
a!defensively!armed!ship!of!2,578!tons,!was!torpedoed!on!24th!September!1917!without!warning!
and!sunk!by!a!submarine!5!miles!off!Cape!Cornwall.!Twenty!three!of!the!crew!were!lost.!!
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BROAD,!Sidney.!Steward.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Greldon!(Cardiff).!Lost!at!sea!on!Monday!8th!
October!1917!age!31.!Born!Plymouth.!!Son!of!William!and!Mary!Broad!of!Tolcarne,!Newlyn;!brother!of!Charles!Edward!(See!above).!!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London,!Madron!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!SS!Greldon,!a!defensively!armed!ship!of!
3,322!tons,!was!torpedoed!on!8th!October!1917!without!warning!and!sunk!by!a!submarine!7!
miles!ENE!of!North!Arklow!light!vessel,!Ireland.!Twenty!eight!of!the!crew!were!lost.!!
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BROCK,!Francis!Dominic.!Sergeant.!10478.!1st!Battalion,!Royal!Irish!Fusiliers!(Princess!Victoria’s),!
10th!Brigade,!4th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!12th!October!1916!age!24.!Born!in!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Fourth!son!of!John!and!Elizabeth!Brock!of!Penzance.!Enlisted!in!Dublin,!
Ireland.!Listed!on!Thiepval!Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!and!Face!15A).!Also!listed!on!
Penzance!War!Memorial,!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!On!the!evening!of!11th!October!1916!the!Battalion!received!
orders!for!an!attack!on!the!following!day!with!the!aim!of!establishing!a!position!from!which!the!
German!main!trenches!at!Le!Transloy!could!be!assaulted.!At!1450!hours!on!the!12th!,!the!artillery!barrage!started!and!the!soldiers!leapt!from!their!trenches.!Unfortunately,!in!their!eagerness,!they!
followed!too!closely!on!the!barrage,!suffering!casualties.!This!caused!a!momentary!halt,!but!long!
enough!to!enable!the!enemy!to!get!their!machine!guns!into!action.!Officers!and!men!made!
repeated!attempts!to!advance,!but!this!was!impossible,!and!the!result!of!the!day’s!fighting!was!
that!the!Brigade!Commander!ordered!the!old!front!line!to!be!consolidated!and!held.!This!was!
done,!and!it!was!ascertained!by!patrolling!that!the!Germans!were!also!in!their!forward!positions.!
The!Battalion’s!casualty!list!at!the!end!of!the!day!was!high.!!!
BROMLEY,!John!Marshal.!Corporal.!1920.!Cornwall!Royal!Garrison!Artillery!(T.F.).!Died!on!
Saturday!3rd!June!1916!age!41.!Born!at!Madron,!Penzance!and!enlisted!at!St!Austell,!Cornwall.!
Husband!of!Annie!Bromley!of!17!St!James!Street,!Penzance.!Interred!in!St!Andrew!Churchyard,!
Shoeburyness,!Essex.!Listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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BRYANT,!Gordon!Adam!Cottgrave.!Private.!53133.!15th!(Service)!Battalion!(1st!Salford),!Lancashire!Fusiliers,!96th!Brigade,!32nd!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Wednesday!3rd!July!1918!age!
19.!Son!of!James!Henry!and!Mary!Bryant!of!17!North!Parade,!Penzance.!Born!in!Penzance.!
Employed!by!A.C.!Bradbury!(Outfitters)!of!The!Terrace,!Penzance!before!enlisting!in!Penzance.!
Member!of!Penzance!Congregational!Church.!Listed!on!Arras!Memorial,!France!(Bay!5).!Also!
listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
!CARNE,!John!Charles.!Private.!1521.!6th!(Victoria)!Battalion,!2nd!Infantry!Brigade,!1st!Division,!
Australian!Imperial!Force.!Killed!in!action!on!Saturday!8th!May!1915!age!21!at!Gallipoli.!Second!
son!of!John!and!Mary!Carne!of!16!Alverne!Buildings,!Penzance.!Born!at!Penzance.!Emigrated!to!
Australia!in!1914!and!enlisted!in!Melbourne!where!he!had!been!engaged!in!agriculture.!
Previously!was!a!messenger!boy!in!Penzance!Post!Office,!a!drummer!in!the!Territorial!Bugle!
Band!and!also!in!the!Boys’!Brigade.!Listed!on!the!Helles!Memorial,!Turkey!(Panel!201!to!204!or!332)!and!on!Panel!46!of!the!Australian!War!Memorial,!Canberra,!Australia.!Also!listed!on!St!
Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
There!was!a!family!memorial!plaque!in!the!United!Methodist!Church!in!Parade!Street!(now!the!
Acorn!Theatre)!but!whereabouts!now!unknown.!!
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CARNE,!Richard!B.!Private.!31792.!2nd!Battalion,!Devonshire!Regiment,!23rd,!8th!Division.!Enlisted!
at!Penzance.!Killed!in!action!24th!April!1918!age!20.!Eldest!son!of!John!and!Christiana!Carne!of!Trungle,!Paul.!!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!
Pozieres!Memorial,!Somme,!France.!The!Pozieres!Memorial!relates!to!the!period!of!crisis!in!
March/April!1918!when!the!Allied!Fifth!Army!was!driven!back!by!overwhelming!numbers!across!
the!former!Somme!battlefields.!2!Devons!were!in!the!line!just!south!of!Villers:Bretonneux!near!
Amiens,!France.!At!around!7.30am,!following!a!heavy!enemy!bombardment,!Germen!tanks!
appeared!close!to!Battalion!Headquarters!and!their!enfilade!fire!shot!down!most!of!the!men!in!A!
and!B!Companies!forcing!the!survivors,!around!50,!to!withdraw.!The!other!two!companies!held!their!position!and!by!the!following!day!the!lost!ground!had!been!retaken.!
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CARTER!WOOD,!Joseph!(Joey)!Allan.!Second!Lieutenant.!2nd!Battalion,!Coldstream!Guards,!4th!
(Guards)!Brigade,!2nd!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!1st!February!1915!aged!30!at!Cuinchy,!
near!Loos,!France.!Son!of!Joseph!Edmund!and!Evelyn!Alice!Carter!Wood!of!Skinburness!Tower,!
Silloth,!Cumberland.!He!was!born!on!3rd!November!1884!and!educated!at!a!private!school!at!Epsom!and!later!at!Uppingham.!Gazetted!9th!October!1914!and!initially!was!attached!to!4th!
(Reserve)!Battalion!at!Windsor.!He!was!posted!to!the!2nd!Battalion!on!the!Western!Front!in!
January!1915!and!was!killed!during!a!German!attack.!Artist!and!student!of!Stanhope!Forbes!in!
the!Newlyn!area!and!had!paintings!hung!in!the!Royal!Academy.!Interred!in!Cuinchy!Communal!
Cemetery,!Loos,!France!(II.B.27).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial.!(Note!that!on!the!Newlyn!War!
Memorial!he!is!listed!as!CARTER:WOOD!and!in!some!army!records!as!Joseph!Allan!Carter!
WOOD).!!
CATTRAN,!!James!Phillips.!Private.!2356295.!43rd!(Winnipeg,!Manitoba)!Battalion,!9th!Brigade,!3rd!
Division,!Canadian!Expeditionary!Force.!Killed!in!action!at!Cambrai,!France!on!Tuesday!1st!
October!1918!aged!28.!Born!in!Newlyn!on!22nd!December!1889.!Son!of!John!James!and!Martha!
Jane!Cattran!of!Park!House,!New!Road,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Spent!some!time!learning!the!
shoemaking!trade!with!Mr!W.P.!Harvey!in!Mousehole!before!leaving!to!work!in!Akron,!Ohio,!USA!for!several!years.!Enlisted!in!London,!Ontario,!Canada!on!9th!February!1918.!Interred!in!Mill!
Switch!British!Cemetery,!Tilloy:les:Cambrai,!Nord,!France!(A.3).!!Listed!on!headstone!in!Paul!
Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul,!on!Newlyn!and!Madron!War!Memorials,!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance!and!in!the!Canadian!Books!of!Remembrance!in!Ottawa!(1918/382).!The!village!of!
Tilloy!was!captured!by!the!Canadian!Corps!at!the!end!of!September!1918.!The!name!of!the!
cemetery!is!due!to!a!switch!line!from!the!Cambrai!:!Douai!railway!which!ran!to!a!large!German!
supply!dump!on!the!site!of!a!mill!800!metres!North!West!of!the!cemetery.!!
CHAPPELL,!George.!Chief!Engineer.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Red!Rose!(Liverpool).!Lost!at!sea!on!
Wednesday!22nd!May!1918!age!28!when!the!transport!was!sunk!off!the!coast!of!France.!Son!of!
William!James!and!Emily!Chappell!of!Fowey,!formerly!of!Penzance;!husband!of!Lillian!Chappell!of!
12!St!Warren!Street,!Penzance.!Born!St!Just.!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London.!Also!on!
Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!SS!Red!Rose,!a!ship!of!401!
tons,!sailed!from!Littlehampton,!Sussex!bound!for!Le!Havre,!with!a!cargo!of!Government!stores,!on!21st!May!1918.!Nothing!was!ever!heard!of!her!again!and!it!was!assumed!that!she!was!sunk!of!
the!French!coast.!
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CHAPPELL,!John!James.!Private.!26311.!2nd!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!82nd!
Brigade,!27th!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Saturday!18th!November!1916!age!34!at!Salonika.!Born!
at!Madron!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Son!of!John!James!and!Alice!Mary!Chappell!of!Heamoor;!husband!of!Elizabeth!Chappell!of!1!Rose!Cottage,!Heamoor,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Struma!Military!
Cemetery,!Kalokastron,!Greece!(V.G.7).!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!
War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!2!DCLI!had!arrived!in!Salonika!from!
France!on!13th!October!1915!which!was!a!vast!change!from!the!muddy,!water:logged!trenches!of!
Flanders.!The!enemy!this!time!were!the!Bulgarians.!On!16th!November!the!battalion!carried!out!
an!attack!on!the!village!of!Tumbitza.!In!the!advance!they!were!met!by!a!heavy!fusillade!of!rifle!and!machine:gun!fire!which!caused!casualties!and!forced!them!to!withdraw.!In!addition!both!
sides!exchanged!artillery!fire.!It!is!most!likely!that!Private!Chappell!was!wounded!in!this!action.!
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CHAPPELL,!Percy.!Lance!Corporal.!30503.!1st!Battalion,!Devonshire!Regiment,!95th!Brigade,!5th!
Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Tuesday!6th!November!1917!age!21.!Born!at!Madron!and!enlisted!in!
Exeter!while!resident!at!Heamoor,!Penzance.!Son!of!Edward!Pascoe!Chappell!and!Emma!Maria!
Chappell!of!23!Holly!Terrace,!Heamoor,!Penzance!and!later!of!Stanmore!House,!St!Mary’s,!Isles!of!Scilly.!Listed!on!Tyne!Cot!Memorial!at!Zonnebeke,!West:Vlaanderen,!!Belgium!(Panel!38!to!40),!
on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!
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CHAPPLE,!Edward!(Ted).!Pioneer.!156680.!C!Special!Company,!Royal!Engineers.!Formerly!
128238!Royal!Field!Artillery.!Died!on!Tuesday!9th!July!1918!aged!31.!Born!at!St!Levan!and!
enlisted!at!Penzance.!Son!of!Henry!and!Elizabeth!Ann!Chapple!of!Penberth,!St!Buryan;!husband!of!Martha!Chapple.!Interred!in!Philosophe!British!Cemetery,!Mazingarbe,!Pas!de!Calais,!France!(Plot!
III,!Row!E,!Grave!14).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!St!Levan!War!Memorial,!
Little!Trethewey,!Cornwall.!!!
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CHAPPLE,!!James.!Private.!30317.!1st!Battalion,!The!King’s!Own!(Royal!Lancaster!Regiment),!12th!
Brigade,!4th!Division.!Formerly!202480!Middlesex!Regiment.!Killed!in!action!on!Friday!12th!October!1917!aged!25.!Born!at!Sancreed!and!enlisted!at!Penzance.!Second!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!
Chapple!of!Drift,!Sancreed;!husband!of!Louisa!E.!Pidwell!(nee!Chapple)!of!Stable!Hobba,!Newlyn!
and!later!of!37!Fore!Street,!Redruth.!Prior!to!enlisting!he!was!employed!at!Stable!Hobba!
Sanatogen!Works.!Listed!on!Tyne!Cot!Memorial!at!Zonnebeke,!West:Vlaanderen,!Belgium!(Panel!
18!to!19),!on!Sancreed!and!Newlyn!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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CHAPPLE,!William!John.!Private.!24776.!7th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!61st!Brigade,!20th!(Light)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Tuesday!2nd!April!1918!age!31.!Born!at!
Sancreed!and!enlisted!at!Penzance.!Employed!as!horseman!on!farm.!Son!of!William!and!Mary!
Chapple!of!Drift,!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Pozieres!Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Panel!45),!on!
Sancreed!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!On!1st!April!the!battalion!was!in!
support!at!Hangard,!to!the!east!of!Amiens!where!they!were!holding!the!bridge!over!the!Luce!
Stream.!With!the!exception!of!a!little!shellfire!the!day!past!quietly,!and!at!2300!hours!troops!from!14th!Division!relieved!!7!DCLI!who!moved!to!billets!at!Quevenvillers.!
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CHIRGWIN,!John!Charles.!Corporal.!17031.!15th!(Service)!Battalion!(2nd!Birmingham),!Royal!
Warwickshire!Regiment,!14th!Brigade,!5th!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Sunday!15th!July!1917!age!
29.!Enlisted!in!Rugby,!Warwickshire.!After!teacher!training!at!Exeter!College!he!was!appointed!
master!at!St!Matthew’s!Church!of!England!School,!Rugby.!Son!of!Charles!and!Elizabeth!Chirgwin!
of!!3!Trungle!Moor,!Paul!and!later!of!Parr,!Cornwall!and!brother!of!Thomas!(see!below).!Interred!in!Roclincourt!Military!Cemetery,!Pas!de!Calais,!France!(Plot!III,!Row!C,!Grave!27).!Listed!on!Paul!
Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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CHIRGWIN,!Thomas!Warren.!Private.!46088.!12th!(Service)!Battalion!(Tee:side!Pioneers),!
Alexandra,!Princess!of!Wales’!Own!Yorkshire!Regiment!(Green!Howards),!40th!Division!(as!
pioneer!battalion).!Died!from!a!head!wound!on!Monday!7th!January!1918!aged!34.!!Son!of!Charles!
and!Elizabeth!Warren!Chirgwin!of!3!Trungle!Moor,!Paul!and!later!of!Parr,!Cornwall!and!brother!of!John!(see!above);!husband!of!Mabel!Irene!Chirgwin!of!Penzer!House,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!
Formerly!187805!Royal!Engineers.!Enlisted!in!Penzance.!Pior!to!enlisting!worked!as!a!carpenter!
with!Mr!William!Hosking!of!Trungle,!Paul.!Interred!in!Achiet:Le:Grand!Communial!Cemetery!
Extension,!Pas!de!Calais,!France!(Plot!II,!Row!D,!Grave!25).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!
and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!CHRISTOPHER,!John!Hosken!(Christie).!Second!Lieutenant.!Indian!Army!Reserve!of!Officers!
attached!!to!the!92nd!Punjabis.!Killed!in!action!in!Mesopotamia,!during!a!frontal!attack!on!Turkish!
positions,!on!Thursday!22nd!February!1917!age!27.!Elder!son!of!John!and!Elizabeth!Christopher!of!
Gear!Farm,!Gulval,!Penzance.!Educated!at!Trythall!School.!Trained!at!St!Luke’s!College,!Exeter!
where!he!then!held!a!teaching!appointment!until!enlisting!at!the!outbreak!of!the!war.!Promoted!
to!sergeant!after!training!he!was!posted!to!India!where!he!received!a!commission.!Took!part!in!the!recapture!of!Kut.!Interred!in!Amara!War!Cemetery,!Iraq!(XVI.F.10).!Listed!on!Gulval!Church!
War!Memorial,!Gulval!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Also!on!a!plaque!
fixed!to!an!exterior!wall!at!Carfury!Chapel!that!is!now!a!private!residence.!
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CHURCHWARD,!Thomas!Joseph.!Lance!Corporal.!1968.!1/9th!(County!of!London)!Battalion!
(Queen!Victoria’s!Rifles),!London!Regiment,!169th!Brigade,!56th!Division.!!Killed!in!action!on!
Monday!25th!!September!1916!age!20.!Son!of!Samuel!and!Rose!Churchward!of!2!Pleasant!Place,!Heamoor,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Thiepval!Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!and!Face!9C),!on!both!
Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!
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CLOKE,!Albert!(Archie)!Charles.!Gunner.!321348.!Cornwall!Royal!Garrison!Artillery!(Territorial!
Force),!Royal!Artillery.!Died!on!Sunday!14th!July!1918!aged!26.!Born!at!Sutton:on:Plymouth!and!
enlisted!at!Penzance.!!Son!of!William!and!Eliza!Cloke!of!Church!Street,!Newlyn;!husband!of!Jane!White!Prior!(formerly!Cloke)!of!St!Andrew’s!House,!Newlyn!and!later!of!88!Prospect!Street,!
Turner’s!Falls,!Mass,!USA.!Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul!(1136).!Listed!on!
Centenary!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!Newlyn,!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!
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COLTON,!Thomas!James.!AB!Seaman.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Coath!(Penzance)!formerly!SS!Skerryvose!(Glasgow).!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Wednesday!13th!December!1916!age!
49.!Son!of!John!and!Mary!Colton;!husband!of!Lucy!Edith!Colton!(nee!Adlam)!of!1!Quay!Street,!
Penzance.!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London!and!the!Transport!War!Memorial,!Newhaven,!
East!Sussex!(North!panel).!Also!listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!SS!Coath!was!originally!presumed!sunk!by!
a!mine!in!the!English!Channel!on!13th!December!1916,!with!the!loss!of!16!crew,!but!now!believed!
to!have!been!torpedoed!and!sunk!by!the!German!submarine!UB:38!off!Beachy!Head,!East!Sussex!en!route!Eastbourne!to!Le!Havre,!France!with!a!cargo!of!arms!and!ammunition.!In!1904!she!had!
collided!with!and!sank!the!RN!submarine!A9!off!Plymouth,!Devon!but!with!no!casualties!on!either!
vessel.!
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COMBELLACK,!Richard!James.!Distinguished!Conduct!Medal.!Serjeant.!202053.!1/4th!Battalion!
(T.F.),!Hampshire!Regiment,!36th!Indian!Brigade,!14th!Indian!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!9th!September!1918!age!22!in!Mesopotamia.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!R!T!Combellack!of!24!Clarence!
Street,!Penzance.!!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Formerly!1467!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry.!Listed!on!Tehran!Memorial,!Iran!(Panel!3,!Column!1),!on!Chapel!Street!Methodist!
Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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COOK,!John!Francis.!Private.!200351.!1/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!
234th!Brigade,!75th!Division.!Died!on!Friday!31st!January!1919!age!26!from!pneumonia!in!79th!General!Hospital!at!Taranto,!Italy!having!been!landed!from!his!ship!on!passage!to!England.!
Volunteered!in!August!1914!and!saw!service!in!India,!Aden,!Egypt!and!Palestine.!!Employee!of!Mr!
Bolitho!of!Trewidden!before!enlistment.!Only!son!of!Alfred!and!Jane!Cook!of!12!Holly!Terrace,!
Heamoor,!Penzance.!Interred!Taranto!Town!Cemetery!Extension,!Italy!(IV.B.9).!Listed!on!both!
Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!
!!CORIN,!Charles!(Charlie)!Stow.!Private.!240799.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry!attached!to!3rd!Battalion,!Royal!Fusiliers!(City!of!London!Regiment).!Killed!in!action!on!
Wednesday!24th!April!1918!aged!22.!Born!in!Newlyn!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!!Son!of!John!and!
Sarah!Corin,!Florence!Terrace,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Pozieres!Memorial,!Somme,!France!
(Panel!45),!on!parents!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul,!on!Newlyn!War!
Memorial,!on!memorial!scroll!in!Centenary!Methodist!Church,!Newlyn!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!battalion!had!been!in!the!front!line!sector!south!of!Bois!de!Hangard!for!five!
days!when!the!enemy!attacked,!with!a!bombardment!of!shell!fire!and!gas,!early!on!the!morning!of!
the!24th!April.!For!the!next!24!hours!they!experienced!heavy!fighting!but!held!the!line.!Casualties!
were!six!officers!and!219!soldiers.![Note::!6!DCLI!was!disbanded!in!February!1918!with!the!
officers!and!soldiers!being!posted!to!1/5,!7!and!10!DCLI.!The!CWGC!web!site!states!that!Private!
Corin!was!attached!to!3!RF!but!they!did!not!arrive!in!France!until!July!1918!from!Salonika.!If!he!was!serving!with!RF!then!it!was!most!likely!with!2!RF.]!
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CORIN,!Harold!Edward.!Private.!6622.!2/1st!Battalion,!Honourable!Artillery!Company!(Infantry),!
22nd!Brigade,!7th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!30th!November!1916!age!26.!Only!son!of!
Edward!C.!and!Bessie!Corin!of!Tolver!Place,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Enlisted!at!Armoury!House,!
London.!Listed!on!Thiepval!Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!and!Face!8A).!Also!listed!on!St!John’s!
Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Served!apprenticeship!with!Mr!S.!Carter!(Chemist)!of!Penzance!and!then!worked!in!London!for!several!
years.!!
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CORRISON,!Alex!Stanley!Nesbit.!Gunner.!865129.!C!Battery,!115th!Brigade,!Royal!Fortress!
Artillery.!Gassed!in!action!and!died!at!Wimeraux!Hospital!on!Wednesday!2nd!October!1918!age!
25.!Only!son!of!Alex!and!Mary!Corrison!of!The!Crescent,!Truro,!Cornwall;!husband!of!Isa!Dorothy!
Corrison!of!Kia:Ora!Villa,!Barwis!Hill,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Terlincthun!British!Cemetery,!Wimille,!Boulogne,!France!(V.C.10).!Listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!
Memorial,!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!Truro!War!Memorial..!
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COTTON,!!Thomas!(Tom).!Corporal.!57986.!20th!(Toronto,!Ontario)!Battalion,!4th!Brigade,!2nd!
Division,!Canadian!Expeditionary!Force.!Died!of!wounds!on!Monday!17th!July!1916!aged!34.!Born!
at!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Son!of!Thomas!and!Mary!Ann!Cotton!of!2!Monteith!Street,!Toronto,!Canada.!Interred!in!Dickebusch!New!Military!Cemetery,!Ypres,!West:Vlaanderen,!Belgium!(K.32).!Listed!
on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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COX,!James.!Private.!24033.!1st!Battalion,!Royal!Dublin!Fusiliers,!86th!Brigade,!29th!Division.!Died!
of!wounds!on!Saturday!28th!April!1917.!!Husband!of!Mrs!Mary!A.!Cox!of!2!Gwavas!Quay,!Newlyn,!
Penzance.!Interred!in!Duisans!British!Cemetery,!Etrun,!near!Arras,!Pas!de!Calais,!France!
(IV.H.48).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!On!12th!April!1917,!in!heavy!snow,!1!RDF!moved!into!the!line!from!their!quarters!in!Arras.!Throughout!most!of!
the!month!they!were!almost!incessantly!shelled!by!the!enemy!as!they!consolidated!their!
positions.!On!24th!April!two!companies!conducted,!with!great!gallantry,!an!unsupported!attack!
but!were!met!by!heavy!shell,!machine:gun!and!rifle!fire!and!forced!to!retire!with!heavy!losses.!A!
few!days!later!they!were!relieved!in!the!line!by!the!12th!Division!and!withdrew!to!behind!Arras.!
!CROCKER,!Cecil!John!Leopold.!Rifleman.!R/16341.!B!Company,!10th!(Service)!Battalion,!King’s!
Royal!Rifle!Corps,!59th!Brigade,!20th!(Light)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Friday!10th!August!1917!
age!22!!by!a!shell!while!proceeding!with!his!company!to!the!trenches.!Born!at!Truro,!Cornwall!
and!enlisted!at!Kingsway,!Middlesex.!Youngest!son!of!John!and!Caroline!Mary!Crocker,!40!
Belgravia!Street,!Penzance.!He!served!an!apprenticeship!with!Messrs!Simpson!Bros,!Penzance!
and!then!worked!for!the!London!firm!of!Dent!and!Allcroft.!Joined!the!Army!in!November!1915!
and!went!to!France!in!March!1916.!Member!of!Chapel!Street!Wesleyan!Church!(Sunday!School!Secretary).!Listed!on!the!Menin!Gate!Memorial,!Ypres,!Belgium!(Panel!51!and!53).!Also!on!Chapel!
Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!
and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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CROCKER,!James.!AB!Seaman.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Birtley!(Newcastle).!Lost!at!sea!on!Thursday!
3rd!January!1918!age!34.!Son!of!William!and!Elizabeth!Ann!Crocker!of!12!Quay!Street,!Penzance.!
Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London,!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!SS!Birtley,!a!collier!of!1,438!tons,!was!lost!at!sea!on!3rd!January!1918!with!all!
hands.!!She!had!sailed!from!Dunkirk,!France!in!ballast!for!Tyne!on!1st!January!and!was!in!
Yarmouth!Roads!on!the!3rd.!!She!was!not!seen!or!heard!of!again.!
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CROFT,!Frederick!Gordon.!Private.!23595.!10th!(Service)!Battalion!(Cornwall!Pioneers),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!2nd!Division!(as!Pioneer!Battalion).!Died!of!wounds!on!Tuesday!4th!
December!1917!age!19.!Son!of!Gordon!and!Mary!(nee!Jennings)!Croft!of!High!Street,!Penzance.!
Born!in!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Camborne.!Interred!in!Rocquigny:Equancourt!Road!Cemetery,!
Manancourt,!Somme,!France!(VI.B.16).!Listed!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!!10!DCLI!was!a!pioneer!battalion!and!normally!under!Divisional!control!
and!tasked!accordingly.!As!they!were!usually!split!up!and!tasked!throughout!the!divisional!are!a!few!records!were!maintained!so!it!is!virtually!impossible!to!discover!from!official!records!as!to!
the!circumstances!surrounding!a!particular!soldiers!death!in!action.!!Note:!Initials!on!cwgc!web!
site!given!as!P.G.!
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CROWLE,!Alfred!John.!Petty!Officer!(Chief!Smith).!341571.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Defence.!Lost!at!sea!
through!enemy!action!on!Wednesday!31st!May!1916!age!38.!Son!of!Abraham!J.!and!Elizabeth!
Crowle!of!Penzance;!husband!of!Margaret!Crowle!of!Clifton!Hill,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(17),!on!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul,!on!
Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Defence,!a!Minataur!class!
cruiser,!was!flagship!of!1st!Cruiser!Squadron!at!the!Battle!of!Jutland.!She!was!blown!up!by!gunfire!
from!the!German!battleship!Friedrich!der!Grosse!on!31st!May!1916!off!the!Jutland!Peninsula.!
There!were!no!survivors!from!the!crew!of!893.!!
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CURNOW,!William!James.!Petty!Officer!1st!Class.!229258.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Aurora.!Died!on!Monday!28th!October!1918!age!32!from!influenza!and!bronchial!pneumonia!on!board!HM!
Hospital!Ship!Garth!Castle,!at!South!Queensferry,!Scotland.!Born!at!Penzance.!Eldest!son!of!James!
and!Jane!Curnow!of!Cliff!Cottage,!Newlyn!and!later!of!Timaru,!New!Zealand;!husband!of!Mary!
Curnow!of!3!Regent!Terrace,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!(S2A.II).!Listed!on!St!
Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
HMS!Aurora,!an!Arethusa!class!light!cruiser,!was!launched!in!1905!and!sold!for!scrap!in!1927.!!!
DANIEL,!John!James.!Stoker!1st!Class.!K/31711.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Blake.!Died!on!Sunday!10th!
November!1918!age!24!in!the!Naval!Hospital,!Leith,!Scotland.!Enlisted!in!1915.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!
William!John!Daniel!of!Ludgvan.!Interred!in!Ludgvan!Church!Cemetery,!Penzance!(M.21).!Listed!
on!Ludgvan!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Blake,!a!Blake!class!
armoured!cruiser,!served!as!depot!ship!for!2nd!and!then!11th!Destroyer!Flotillas!during!the!Great!
War.!She!was!launched!in!1889!and!scrapped!in!1922.!!
DAVEY,!John!(Jack).!Sapper.!94398.!34th!Divisional!Signal!Company,!Royal!Engineers.!Killed!in!
action!on!Tuesday!9th!April!1918!age!32.!Son!of!William!and!Grace!Davey!of!26!Tolver!Road,!
Penzance,!Cornwall.!!Born!and!enlisted!at!Penzance.!Sorting!clerk!and!telegraphist!at!Penzance!
Post!Office!before!enlisting!and!member!of!Richmond!Wesleyan!Church!Choir.!Listed!on!
Ploegsteert!Memorial,!Hainaut,!Belgium!(Panel!1).!Also!listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial,!brass!plaque!in!Richmond!Church,!Penzance!Post!Office!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance!and!on!parents’!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!Note:!Richmond!Church!closed!
in!September!2010.!
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DAVEY,!William!James.!Private.!213526.!4th!Canadian!Mounted!Rifles!(2nd!Central!Ontario!
Regiment),!8th!Brigade,!3rd!Division.!Died!of!wounds!to!his!arm,!shoulder!and!head!in!a!French!
hospital!on!Friday!20th!October!1916!age!27.!Worked!in!America!for!five!years!and!in!December!1915!crossed!the!border!to!Canada!and!enlisted.!Son!of!George!and!Bessie!Davy!of!8!Weeth’s!
Cottages,!Alverton,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Etaples!Military!Cemetery,!France!(XII.A.8).!Listed!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!in!the!Canadian!Books!of!Remembrance!in!Ottawa!
(1916/76).!Spelt!Davey!on!cwgc!site!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!but!Davy!on!all!
Canadian!Army!records!including!his!enlistment!documentation!and!signature.!
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DENLEY,!John!Charles.!Chief!Engineer.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Sowwell!(London).!Lost!at!sea!due!to!enemy!submarine!action!on!Thursday!19th!April!1917!age!34.!Born!at!Penzance.!Son!of!Joseph!
and!Mary!Ann!Denley;!husband!of!Grace!Denley!(nee!Eddy)!of!45!Market!Jew!Street,!Penzance.!
Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance!and!on!parents!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!The!SS!Sowwell,!a!defensively!
armed!ship!of!3781!tons,!was!owned!by!the!Sowwell!Steamship!Co!Ltd.!She!was!torpedoed!and!
sunk!170!miles!WSW!of!Gibraltar!with!the!loss!of!21!lives!including!the!Master.!!
DENTON,!George.!Serjeant.!50139.!C!Battery!(Howitzer),!53rd!Brigade!(Royal!Field!Artillery),!9th!
(Scottish)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!5th!September!1915!age!21.!Third!son!of!Sergeant!
Major!Thomas!and!Mrs!Catherine!Denton!of!Chyandor,!Penzance!(see!Sergeant!Major!Denton!
below).!Born!and!enlisted!at!Penzance.!Interred!in!Cambrin!Churchyard!Extension,!Bethune,!
France!(F.31).!Listed!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial,!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!War!Memorial,!Madron!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!
and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Listed!on!parents’!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery!(Plot!
9,!Row!8,!Grave!4).!The!9th!Division!had!taken!over!the!line!east!of!Vermelles!in!the!area!of!Lens!
on!2nd!September!in!preparation!for!a!major!attack!scheduled!for!the!25th!September.!It!is!
probable!that!Sjt!Denton!was!a!victim!of!the!daily!attrition!experienced!in!the!line.!
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DENTON,!Thomas.!Sergeant!Major.!Royal!Field!Artillery.!Recruiting!Officer,!Penzance!and!formerly!Instructor!of!the!Volunteer!Corps!at!Marazion.!Died!on!Monday!2nd!April!1917!age!63!at!
Chyandor!Barracks,!Penzance.!Husband!of!Catherine!Denton!of!Chyandor,!Penzance!and!father!of!
Serjeant!George!Denton,!RFA!(see!above).!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!
Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
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DOWNING,!John!Percival!(Percy).!Gunner.!137976.!173rd!Siege!Battery,!Royal!Garrison!Artillery.!
Died!of!wounds!on!Saturday!21st!April!1917!age!24!following!close!enemy!shell!burst.!Only!son!of!!John!and!Martha!Downing!of!8!New!Road,!Newlyn,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Interred!in!Bully:Grenay!
Communal!Cemetery!British!Extension,!Pas!de!Calais,!France!(II.E.16).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!
Memorial,!Madron!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!!
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DREW,!Ernest.!Private.!391942.!South!Command!Labour!Centre,!Labour!Corps.!Died!!on!
Wednesday!24th!October!1917.!Born!at!Paul,!Penzance!and!enlisted!at!Penzance.!Son!of!Bennett!and!Agnes!Drew!of!Chyenhall!Moor,!Paul.!Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul!with!
cwgc!headstone!(114).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!
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DUNSTAN,!Raymond!James.!Corporal.!111243.!Tank!Corps.!Died!on!Sunday!30th!March!1919!age!
23!at!Wareham!Military!Hospital,!Dorset.!Son!of!James!and!Elizabeth!Mary!Dunstan,!1!Norton!
Place,!Redinnick,!Penzance.!!Listed!on!Chapel!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
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DUSTING,!Leonard.!Private.!6978.!1st!Regiment,!South!African!Infantry,!South!African!Brigade,!9th!
(Scottish)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!17th!July!1916.!Son!of!Mr!William!Dusting,!
formally!of!Penzance.!Interred!in!Delville!Wood!Cemetery,!Longueval,!Somme,!France!(X.L.3).!
Listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Delville!Wood!was!a!tract!of!woodland,!nearly!a!kilometre!square,!the!western!edge!of!which!touched!the!village!of!
Longueval!in!the!Somme.!On!14th!July!1916!the!greater!part!of!the!village!was!taken!by!the!9th!
(Scottish)!Division!and!on!the!following!day,!the!South!African!Brigade!of!that!Division!captured!
most!of!Delville!Wood.!The!wood!now!formed!a!salient!in!the!line,!with!Walerlot!Farm!and!Mons!
Wood!on!the!south!flank!still!in!German!hands,!and,!owing!to!the!height!of!the!trees,!no!close!
artillery!support!was!possible!for!defence.!The!three!South!African!battalions!fought!
continuously!for!six!days!and!suffered!heavy!casualties.!On!the!18th!July,!they!were!forced!back!and!on!the!evening!of!the!20th!the!survivors,!a!near!handful!of!men,!were!relieved.!
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EADIE,!John.!Lieutenant.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Defence.!Killed!in!action!on!Wednesday!31st!May!1916!
at!the!Battle!of!Jutland.!Son!of!Mrs!Eadie!of!Richmond!Street,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(10),!St!Just!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!HMS!Defence,!a!Minataur!class!cruiser,!was!flagship!of!1st!Cruiser!Squadron!at!the!
Battle!of!Jutland.!She!was!blown!up!by!gunfire!from!the!German!battleship!Friedrich!der!Grosse!on!31st!May!1916!off!the!Jutland!peninsula.!There!were!no!survivors!from!the!crew!of!893.!
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EDE,!Richard!Edwin.!Corporal.!6059.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!95th!Brigade,!
5th!Division.!Killed!in!action!Thursday!4th!October!1917!age!38!at!the!Battle!of!Broodseinde.!
Delver!in!stone!quarry.!Son!of!Pasco!and!Johanna!Ede!of!Penzance;!husband!of!Mrs!Leanorah!J.!
Nicholls!(formerly!Ede)!of!5!Nevada!Place,!Heamoor,!Penzance!and!later!of!White!Goss,!Ludgvan.!Served!in!South!African!Campaign.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Hooge!Crater!
Cemetery,!Ypres,!Belgium!(Plot!XII,!RowJ,!Grave!12).!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!
Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!On!3rd!October!the!
Battalion!was!in!reserve!positions!in!Sanctuary!Wood!and!that!evening!moved!forward!to!relieve!
1st!East!Surreys!in!the!front!line.!The!move!up!did!not!go!well!as!heavy!enemy!shelling!caused!60!
casualties!on!their!way!up!to!their!assembly!positions.!Heavy!shelling!continued!throughout!the!night.!At!0600!hours!on!4th!October!the!Battalion,!with!1st!Devons!on!their!right,!1st!East!Surreys!
in!close!support!and!12th!Gloucesters!in!reserve,!commenced!the!attack!on!the!German!lines.!The!
ground!was!a!vast!wilderness!of!mud!and!shell:holes!so!the!going!was!difficult!for!all!concerned.!
As!soon!as!they!were!clear!of!the!trenches!the!assault!waves!came!under!heavy!enfilade!machine:
gun!fire!which!checked!the!advance!but!they!soon!got!going!again!and!captured!over!200!
prisoners!and!15!machine:guns.!!Their!final!objective!was!Juniper!Hill!but!the!position!could!not!
be!consolidated!owning!to!the!heavy!artillery!and!machine:gun!fire!that!continued!until!about!1830!hours.!!The!Battalion!held!the!ground!that!they!had!gained!throughout!the!night!with!no!
serious!German!counter!attacks!and!on!the!following!night!were!relieved!by!1st!Cheshires.!!
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EDWARDS,!George.!Deck!Hand.!13358DA.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Trawler!Star!of!Freedom.!
Lost!at!sea!on!Thursday!19th!April!1917!age!40.!Son!of!John!and!Elizabeth!Jane!Edwards!of!10!
Custom!House!Square,!Penzance;!husband!of!Elizabeth!Edwards!of!4!Foster!Place,!Penzance;!
brother!of!Leading!Seaman!Martin!Edwards!(see!below).!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!24),!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!HM!Trawler!Star!of!Freedom!was!a!converted!minesweeper.!She!was!
mined!off!Trevose!Head,!near!Padstow,!Cornwall!on!19th!April!1917.!
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EDWARDS,!Godfrey.!Private.!48706.!5th!(Service)!Battalion,!Royal!Berkshire!Regiment!(Princess!
Charlotte!of!Wales’s),!36th!Brigade,!12th!(Eastern)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!26th!August!1918!age!18.!Son!of!William!and!Agatha!Mary!Edwards!of!18!Gwavas!Street,!Penzance.!
Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Formerly!40760!Somerset!Light!Infantry.!Prior!to!enlisting!he!was!
employed!by!Mr!Beare!(butcher)!of!the!Terrace,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Peronne!Road!Cemetery,!
Maricourt,!Somme,!France!(Plot!III,!Row!H,!Grave!18).!Listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!
Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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EDWARDS,!John!Francis.!Private.!22638.!9th!(Service)!Battalion,!Royal!Fusiliers!(City!of!London!Regiment),!36th!Brigade,!12th!(Eastern)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!3rd!May!1917!age!
24.!House!painter!by!trade.!Son!of!John!Henry!and!Frances!Edwards!of!11!St.!Clare!Street,!
Penzance.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Arras!Memorial,!Faubourg:d’Amiens!
Cemetery,!France!(Bay!3).!Also!on!High!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!St!Paul’s!Church!
War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parents’!
headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!!!
EDWARDS,!Martin.!Leading!Seaman!(Gunner).!Long!Service!and!Good!Conduct!Medal.!2632C.!
Royal!Naval!Reserve.!SS!Bandon.!Lost!at!sea!on!Friday!13th!April!1917!age!38.!Son!of!John!and!
Elizabeth!Edwards!of!Dock!Lane,!Penzance;!husband!of!Mary!Jane!Edwards!of!6!Newtown!Lane,!
Penzance;!brother!of!Deck!Hand!George!Edwards!(see!above).!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!
Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!23),!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!his!wife’s!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery!(Plot!16,!Row!11,!Grave!9).!SS!Bandon,!a!defensively!armed!ship!of!1,456!tons!belonging!to!the!City!of!Cork!
Steam!Packet!Company,!was!torpedoed!and!sunk!without!warning!on!13th!April!1917!by!a!
submarine!2.5!miles!SW!of!Mine!Head,!County!Cork,!Southern!Ireland!with!the!loss!of!28!crew.!
She!was!en!route!from!Liverpool!to!Cork!with!a!cargo!of!provisions.!
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EDWARDS,!Richard!Vivian.!Acting!Bombardier.!321518.!Q!Anti!Aircraft!Battery,!Royal!Garrison!
Artillery,!Cornwall!(Duke!of!Cornwall’s).!Died!of!wounds!on!Friday!9th!March!1917!age!43.!Husband!of!Annie!Lilian!Edwards!of!10!Richmond!Street,!Penzance.!Born!and!enlisted!in!
Penzance.!A!chemist,!he!was!employed!by!Mr!S.!Carter!(Chemist)!of!Market!Place,!Penzance!and!
prior!had!managed!a!chemist!shop!in!Plymouth.!Interred!in!St!Sever!Cemetery!Extension,!Rouen,!
France!(O.VI.G.2).!Listed!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!
!ELLERY,!Edgar!Edwin.!Bombardier.!58082.!A!Battery,!100th!Brigade,!Royal!Field!Artillery.!Died!of!
wounds!on!Saturday!7th!July!1917!age!23!in!Salonika.!Enlisted!in!Bodmin.!Son!of!Richard!Thomas!
and!Annie!Ellery!of!Trythogga,!Gulval,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Karasouli!Military!Cemetery,!Greece!
(A.180).!Listed!on!Gulval!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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FITZGERALD,!David!Joseph.!Late!Chief!Petty!Officer.!Royal!Navy.!Died!at!home!through!war!service!on!Friday!8th!November!1918!age!56.!Husband!of!Eliza!Jane!Fitzgerald!of!13!St!Michael’s!
Street,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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FORBES,!!William!Alexander!Stanhope!(Alec).!Second!Lieutenant.!1st!Battalion!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!
Light!Infantry,!95th!Brigade,!5th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!3rd!September!1916!age!23.!
Only!son!of!Stanhope!Alexander!Forbes!(Artist)!and!Elizabeth!Adela!Forbes!(Artist)!of!Higher!
Faugan,!Newlyn.!Born!at!Trewarveneth,!Paul,!Penzance!on!26th!May!1893.!Enlisted!in!early!1916!and!selected!for!officer!training.!Originally!commissioned!into!the!Military!Forwarding!
Establishment!but!then!transferred!to!DCLI.!!On!or!about!29th!August!1916!he!crossed!to!France!
and!joined!1!DCLI!with!four!other!young!officers.!On!Sunday!3rd!September!1916!the!Battalion!
took!part!in!the!final!attack!on!the!notorious!Guillemont!strong!point.!The!village!of!Guillemont!
had!been!totally!razed!by!shellfire!but!because!it!represented!vital!tactical!ground!had!been!very!
heavily!defended.!Already!three!major!attacks!had!been!thwarted!at!considerable!cost!of!life.!This!
fourth!attack!was!entirely!successful!and!was!accomplished!with!comparatively!few!casualties.!However,!amongst!those!who!were!killed!was!Alec!Forbes!together!with!three!of!the!four!newly!
joined!subalterns!(2/Lt!William!Thomas!Hichens,!from!St!Ives,!who!was!attached!from!9!DCLI,!
2/Lt!Edward!Gerald!Templeman!Kitson!who!was!attached!from!3!DCLI!and!Lt!John!Godden!
Teague,!from!Newquay,!Cornwall!who!was!attached!from!the!Army!Service!Corps)!who!had!
accompanied!him!to!France.!Educated!at!Bedales!College.!He!was!a!student!of!the!Royal!
Architectural!Association.!Interred!in!Guillemont!Road!Cemetery,!Guillemont,!France!(I.A.I).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!on!family!plaque!within!Sancreed!Church,!on!Paul!Church!War!
Memorial,!Tredavoe!Methodist!Church!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!On!his!
headstone!in!Guillemont!his!parents!added!the!following!inscription:!He!saw!beyond!the!filth!of!
battle!and!thought!death!a!fair!price!to!pay!to!belong!to!the!company!of!these!fellows.!It!is!well!
worth!making!a!visit!to!Sancreed!Church!to!see!the!impressive!family!memorial!plaque!in!
memory!of!Second!Lieutenant!William!Alexander!Stanhope!(Alex)!Forbes.!It!is!a!two!by!three!foot!
bronze!plaque!of!the!young!man!which!was!executed!by!his!father.!It!shows!him!as!a!2/Lt!in!DCLI!uniform!with!a!tower!and!bridge!in!the!background!which!were!taken!from!a!series!of!drawings!
by!Alex!for!which!he!won!a!travelling!studentship!of!the!Architectural!Association.!The!
architectural!part!of!the!monument!was!executed!under!the!direction!of!Mr!Edward!Warren!F.S.A!
who!was!also!the!architect!of!Newlyn!War!Memorial.!The!entablature!surrounding!the!plaque!is!
of!grey!stone!with!black!marble!columns!from!Derbyshire.!Please!note!that!Sancreed!Church!is!
not!always!open.!!
FRANCIS,!Charles.!Royal!Naval!Division.!Wounded!at!Gallipoli!and!subsequently!died.!Son!of!
Charles!and!Mary!Annie!Frances!of!2!New!Town!Lane,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!:!
Nov/Dec!1918!age!23.!Listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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FRANCIS,!John!Leslie.!Second!Lieutenant.!2nd!Regiment!South!African!Infantry,!9th!(Scottish)!
Division.!Died!of!wounds,!received!in!France,!on!Saturday!26th!October!1918!age!25!at!the!South!African!Military!Hospital,!Richmond,!Surrey.!Born!in!Newlyn,!Penzance.!An!outstanding!athlete.!
Second!son!of!John!Francis!and!Martha!Louisa!Francis!(nee!Wills)!of!391!Main!Street,!Fair!View,!
Johannesburg,!Transvaal,!South!Africa.!Interred!in!Richmond!Cemetery,!Surrey!(Z.5895).!Listed!
on!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!Madron!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!
headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!On!24th!March!1918,!during!the!final!German!
advance,!the!South!African!Brigade,!consisting!of!1st,!2nd,!3rd!and!4th!Regiments,!after!heavy!
fighting!was!surrounded!and!virtually!wiped!out!with!only!about!100!making!it!back!to!safety.!The!following!month!the!survivors!plus!reinforcements!were!reformed!into!the!South!African!
(Composite)!Battalion!and!attached!to!26th!Brigade.!!
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FREETHY,!Thomas.!Second!Engineer.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Coath!(Penzance)!formerly!SS!
Skerryvose!(Glasgow).!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Wednesday!13th!December!1916!age!
33.!Husband!of!Edith!Caroline!Freethy!(nee!Roscholar)!of!23!Taroveor!Terrace,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London,!Transport!War!Memorial,!Newhaven,!East!Sussex!(North!
panel),!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!SS!Coath!was!
originally!presumed!sunk!by!a!mine!in!the!English!Channel!on!13th!December!1916,!with!the!loss!
of!16!crew,!but!now!believed!to!have!been!torpedoed!and!sunk!by!the!German!submarine!UB:38!
off!Beachy!Head,!East!Sussex!en!route!Eastbourne!to!Le!Havre,!France!with!a!cargo!of!arms!and!
ammunition.!In!1904!she!had!collided!with!and!sank!the!RN!submarine!A9!off!Plymouth,!Devon!but!with!no!casualties!on!either!vessel.!
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FRIGGENS,!Richard!Henry.!Private.!SS/13538.!18th!Labour!Company,!Army!Service!Corps.!Lost!at!
sea!through!enemy!action!on!Friday!13th!August!1915!age!50!on!HM!Troopship!Royal!Edward.!
Born!in!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!London.!!Son!of!Cyprian!Friggens!and!Catherine!Friggens!(nee!
Casley!of!St!Just)!of!Ludgvan,!Penzance;!husband!of!Rebecca!Friggens!(nee!Strick!of!St!Buryan)!of!
2!Stanford!Place,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Listed!on!the!Helles!Memorial,!Gallipoli,!Turkey,!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!HM!Troopship!Royal!Edward,!11,000!tons,!was!torpedoed!off!the!Gulf!of!Kos!in!
the!Aegean!Sea!by!the!German!submarine!UB14!with!the!loss!of!nearly!1,000!passengers!and!
crew.!!
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FRY,!William!(Willie)!Thomas.!Private.!18987.!1/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry,!234th!Brigade,!75th!Division.!Died!of!gunshot!wounds!on!Tuesday!14th!May!1918!age!38!at!Gaza!Stationary!Hospital,!Egypt.!Born!in!Penzance.!Husband!of!Lizzie!Fry!of!81!Market!Jew!
Street,!Penzance.!Prior!to!enlisting!at!Penzance!he!was!employed!by!Penzance!Corporation.!
Interred!in!Gaza!War!Cemetery,!Israel!(Plot!XXXII,!Row!B,!Grave!5).!Listed!on!Penzance!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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GAGE,!Robert!Hewett!Rockwood.!Acting!Bombardier.!!855315.!!1/5th!Hampshire!(Howitzer)!Battery,!Royal!Field!Artillery.!Born!in!Fleet,!Hampshire.!Enlisted!in!Newport,!Isle!of!Wight.!A!
survivor!of!the!Siege!of!Kut.!!!Died!in!hospital!at!Afion:Kara:Hissar,!Turkey!while!a!prisoner!of!
war!on!Friday!22nd!September!1916!age!24.!!Youngest!son!of!Uriah!Woodard!Tregurtha!Gage!and!
Martha!Gage!(nee!Hewett)!of!Chyveneth,!Paul!Hill,!Newlyn!and!later!of!6!Lannoweth!Road,!
Penzance.!!Interred!in!Baghdad!(North!Gate)!War!Cemetery,!Iraq!(XXI.L.11).!!Listed!on!Newlyn!
War!Memorial,!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!family!
headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!Also!listed!on!two!regimental!memorials!to!the!1/5th!Hants!Howitzers!at!Freshwater!and!Newport,!Isle!of!Wight.!
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GALLOWAY,!William!Thomas.!Private.!24783.!A!Company,!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!
Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!43rd!Brigade,!14th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Friday!24th!August!1917!
age!28.!Son!of!Charles!Galloway!of!3!Trewhellas!Cottages,!North!Street,!Penzance.!Born!and!
enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Tyne!Cot!Memorial,!Zonnebeke,!West!Vlaanderen,!Belgium!(Panel!80!to!82!and!163A),!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
On!the!night!of!20/21st!August!the!battalion!relieved!7th!King’s!Royal!Rifles!in!the!front!line!near!
St!Julien.!At!0700!hours!on!a!clear!22nd!of!August!42nd!and!43rd!Brigades!went!over!the!top!and!
for!the!next!two!days!counter:attacked!and!attacked!until!the!battalion!was!relieved!on!the!night!
of!24th!August.!The!losses!were!high!for!the!6th!with!7!officers!and!55!other!ranks!killed,!8!officers!
and!252!other!ranks!wounded!!and!25!other!ranks!missing!:!a!total!of!350.!!
!GARSTIN,!Denis!Norman.!Distinguished!Service!Order,!Military!Cross,!Order!of!St!Anne!3rd!Class!
with!Swords!and!Bow!(Russia)!and!Order!of!St!Vladimir!4th!Class!with!Swords!and!Ribbon!
(Russia).!Captain.!10th!Hussars!(Prince!of!Wales’s!Own!Royal).!Killed!in!action,!by!a!machine!gun!
bullet!to!his!head,!on!Thursday!15th!August!1918!aged!28!after!single:handedly!capturing!a!
Bolshevik!armoured!car.!He!had!earlier!escaped!from!Moscow!and,!travelling!via!Petrograd,!had!
walked!most!of!the!way!to!Archangel.!In!1915!stationed!with!the!11th!Reserve!Cavalry!at!
Tidworth!,!Hampshire.!Author!of!the!book!“Friendly!Russia”.!Younger!son!of!Norman!Garstin!(Artist)!and!Louisa!Fanny!(Dochie)!Garstin!of!4!Wellington!Terrace,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!!
Interred,!with!full!military!honours!by!his!British,!Russian,!Serbian,!Polish!and!French!comrades,!
at!Archangel!Allied!Cemetery,!Russian!Federation!(K6).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!
Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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GIBSON,!John!Alexander.!Private.!200954.!1/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!234th!Brigade,!75th!Division.!Died!in!76th!Casualty!Clearing!Station,!Ludd,!Palestine!on!
Thursday!5th!December!1918!age!21!of!acute!pneumonia!after!four!years!of!active!foreign!service.!
He!was!educated!at!Penzance!County!School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School)!in!Godolphin!
House!and!left!at!the!end!of!the!Summer!term!of!1916.!Underwent!his!training!at!Truro!with!the!
4th!(Reserve)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Eldest!son!of!Herbert!John!Gibson!
(Photographer)!and!Rebecca!E.!Gibson!of!34!Tolver!Road,!Penzance.!Interred!in!!Ramleh!War!Cemetery,!near!Jaffa,!Israel!(A.48).!Listed!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial,!St!John!Church!War!
Memorial,!Humphrey!Davy!School!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance!and!on!his!mother’s!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
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GILES,!Percy.!!Private.!43903.!9th!(Service)!Battalion,!King’s!Own!Yorkshire!Light!Infantry,!64th!
Brigade,!21st!Division.!Formerly!164039!Royal!Hussars!and!Royal!Field!Artillery.!Born!at!
Castallack,!Paul!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Died!of!wounds!on!Monday!30th!April!1917!age!19.!Son!of!William!and!Annie!Giles!of!Sparnon,!St!Buryan,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Warlincourt!Halte!British!
Cemetery,!Saulty,!Pas!de!Calais,!France!(Plot!X,!Row!E,!Grave!13).!Listed!on!headstone!in!Paul!
Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul,!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!9!KOYLI,!part!of!64th!Brigade,!relieved!1st!Cameronians!in!the!line!near!Fontaine!
on!25th!April!1917.!On!the!following!two!days!they!carried!out!normal!trench!routine!but!did!
suffer!from!enemy!shelling.!On!28th!both!A!and!D!companies!carried!out!a!limited!attack!in!order!
to!straighten!the!line.!This!was!only!particularly!successful,!achieving!150!yards!but!at!the!cost!of!over!50!casualties.!The!following!day!the!enemy!counter!attacked!successfully!in!the!early!
morning!but!were!ejected!from!the!forward!trenches!by!B!and!C!companies.!A!further!enemy!
attack,!but!this!time!unsuccessful,!took!place!later!in!the!morning.!!
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GLASSON,!Richard!Botteral.!Private.!1806.!A!Company,!1/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!
Light!Infantry,!Devon!&!Cornwall!Brigade,!Wessex!Division.!Died!of!peritonitis!on!Saturday!5th!September!1914!age!41.!Son!of!!James!and!Elizabeth!Glasson!of!52!Caldwells!Road,!Penzance;!
husband!of!Agnes!Jane!Glasson!of!43!Camberwell!Street!and!later!of!2!Custom!House!Square,!
Penzance.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Tidworth!Military!Cemetery,!Wiltshire!
(C.111).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance,!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!on!St!Paul’s!
Church!War!Memorial.!
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GOODING,!Thomas!(Tom)!C.!William.!Sapper.!218798.!Railway!Operating!Division,!Royal!Engineers.!Died!in!hospital!at!Aban!Court!of!pneumonia!on!Monday!10th!June!1918!age!20.!Son!of!
Thomas!and!Bessie!Gooding!of!14!Barwis!Terrace,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Born!in!Plymouth,!Devon!
and!enlisted!in!Redruth!while!resident!in!Camborne.!Interred!in!Blargies!Communal!Cemetery!
Extension,!Oise,!France.!Listed!on!High!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!
of!Remembrance!and!on!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
!GOODMAN,!Sydney.!Private.!4729.!17th!(NSW)!Battalion,!5th!Infantry!Brigade,!2nd!Division,!
Australian!Imperial!Force.!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!15th!April!1917!age!28.!Educated!at!St!
Mary’s!National!School!and!went!to!Australia!aged!20.!Enlisted!at!Waverley,!NSW.!Only!child!of!
Thomas!Rapson!Goodman!and!Edith!Goodman!of!37!Daniel!Place,!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Villers:
Bretonneux!Memorial,!Somme,!France,!on!St!Mary’s!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!family!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
!GRAY,!Frederick!Charles.!Private.!9854.!2nd!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!82nd!
Brigade,!27th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!14th!March!1915.!Born!in!Madron!and!enlisted!
in!Penzance.!Listed!on!Menin!Gate!Memorial,!Ypres,!France!(Panel!20).!Also!listed!on!Penzance!
War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!At!1700!hours!on!14th!March!the!Germans!
opened!a!heavy!bombardment!of!the!Battalion’s!trenches!in!front!of!St!Eloi!Village.!At!the!height!
of!the!barrage!they!exploded!two!mines!and!this!was!closely!followed!by!an!infantry!attack.!A!and!
C!Companies!were!bombed!out!of!their!trenches!and!forced!to!retire!with!heavy!casualties!but!B!and!D!Companies!were!able!to!hold!their!positions.!With!the!exception!of!B!Company!the!
Battalion!was!relieved!at!midnight!and!marched!back!to!Dickebusch.!!
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GREEN,!John!H.B.!Private.!316875!(3/6875!in!SDGW).!2nd!Battalion,!Devonshire!Regiment,!23rd!
Brigade,!8th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Saturday!1st!July!1916!age!20.!Third!son!of!William!and!
Lilian!Green,!formerly!of!Penzance!and!later!of!18!Elmsdale!Road,!Walthamstow,!Essex.!Listed!on!Thiepval!Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!and!Face!1C),!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial,!High!
Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!At!0720!hours!on!1st!of!July,!a!mine!was!detonated!beneath!a!German!strongpoint!
protecting!the!the!village!of!Beaumont:Hame.!It!left!a!crater!40!feet!deep!and!300!feet!wide!but!
only!succeeded!in!alerting!the!enemy.!The!artillery!barrage!lifted!ten!minutes!later!and!sixteen!
more!mines!were!detonated.!The!Allies!went!over!the!top,!only!to!find!that!most!of!the!German!defences!had!not!been!destroyed!and!that!their!was!intact.!The!British!army!took!57,470!
casualties,!19,240!of!them!fatal.!It!remains!the!army’s!greatest!loss!on!a!single!day!:!the!first!day!
of!the!Battle!of!the!Somme.!
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GREEN,!Richard.!Seaman.!2422B.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Goliath.!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!
Thursday!13th!May!1915!age!29.!Fisherman!by!trade.!Son!of!James!Bone!Green!and!Livinia!Green!
of!High!Mountains!Court,!Boase!Street,!Newlyn,!Penzance;!husband!of!Catherine!(Carrie)!Ann!Green!of!30!Mount!Street,!Penzance!and!later!of!3!Cross!Street,!Penzance.!!Listed!on!Plymouth!
Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!8),!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!on!Centenary!Methodist!Church,!
Newlyn!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!HMS!Goliath,!a!Canopus!class!battleship,!was!sunk!on!
13th!May!1915!by!a!Turkish!torpedo!boat!off!Cape!Helles,!Gallipoli!with!the!loss!of!over!500!crew.!
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GREEN,!William!Henry.!Deck!Hand.!11042/DA.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Drifter!Beryl!III.!Died!on!
Monday!5th!February!1917!age!19.!Son!of!William!Henry!and!Mary!Jane!Green!of!6!Coinage!Hall!Street,!Penzance.!Interred!Penzance!Cemetery.!Listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!
Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HM!Drifter!Beryl!III!was!
employed!on!examination!service!duties!during!the!Great!War.!!
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GRENFELL,!Frederick!John.!Master.!Merchant!Navy.!SS!Hannah!Croasdell!(Lancaster).!Lost!at!sea!
on!Monday!26th!February!1917.!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London,!on!Chapel!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!SS!Hannah!Croasdell,!a!wooden!sailing!vessel!of!151!tons,!was!probably!mined!
and!sunk!4!miles!NW!of!St!Ann’s!Head,!Pembrokeshire!on!26th!February!1917!with!the!loss!of!4!of!
her!crew.!!
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GROVES,!Lewis!Reginald.!Private.!45615.!8th!(Service)!Battalion,!Devonshire!Regiment,!20th!
Brigade,!7th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!2nd!April!1917!age!25.!Youngest!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!George!Groves!of!Parade!Passage,!Penzance.!Student!at!Penzance!Art!School!for!several!years!
and!later!worked!for!Mr!Matthews!in!his!art!shop!in!Chapel!Street.!Cinema!operator!at!Penzance!
Picturedrome.!Enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!H.A.C.!Cemetery,!Ecoust!:!St!Mein,!between!Arras,!
Cambrai!and!Bapaume,!France!(Mory:Ecoust!Rd.!Cem!No1.!Mem!9).!Listed!on!Penzance!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!German!positions!from!Doignies!to!Henin:sur:
Cojeul,!including!the!village!of!Ecoust!were!captured!on!2nd!April!1917!by!the!4th!Australian!and!7th!Divisions.!!
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GUNDRY,!Christopher!Ellis.!Petty!Officer!Stoker.!227948.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Canterbury.!Died!on!
Thursday!1st!November!1917!age!27.!Son!of!Benjamin!and!Edith!Gundry!of!2!Montrose!Villas,!
Sunnycroft!Road,!Houndslow,!Middlesex.!Listed!on!Chatham!Naval!Memorial,!Kent!(Panel!23).!
Also!listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Canterbury,!a!Cambrian!Class!Light!Cruiser,!was!launched!in!1915!and!scrapped!in!1934.!
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HALL,!Gordon.!Private.!37274.!1/5th!Battalion!(Territorial!Force),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry,!61st!(2nd!South!Midland)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!11th!April!1918!age!19!
during!the!Battle!of!Estaires.!!Son!of!Samuel!and!Julia!Hall!of!23!Mount!Street,!Penzance,!
Cornwall.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Formerly!8/5962!with!the!Territorial!Reserve!
Battalion.!Listed!on!the!Ploegsteert!Memorial,!Comines:Warneton,!Hainaut,!Belgium!(Panel!6).!Also!listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!The!Germans!
had!attacked!through!two!Portuguese!divisions!with!the!objective!of!capturing!Ypres.!Although!
they!captured!some!ground!they!were!ultimately!brought!to!a!halt!by!British!and!French!
divisions.!The!1/5th!Battalion!was!initially!in!the!line!near!Merville!but!under!heavy!attacks!
including!sustained!machine!gun!fire!they!were!forced!back!to!the!Lys!Canal!to!a!line!west!of!Le!
Sars.!Although!they!had!recently!been!brought!up!to!strength!by!a!draft!of!423!other!ranks,!these!were!young!and!inexperienced!soldiers!just!out!of!training.!Out!of!a!strength!of!24!officers!and!
944!other!ranks!at!the!start!of!the!offensive!(9th!April)!16!officers!and!467!other!ranks!were!
reported!as!killed,!wounded!or!missing!just!four!days!later.!The!1/5th!Battalion!DCLI!was!
awarded!the!Battle!Honour!:!Battle!of!Estaires.!
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HALL,!Herbert!C.!Private.!5567.!12th!(Service)!Battalion,!Manchester!Regiment,!52nd!Brigade,!17th!(Northern)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Saturday!5th!August!1916.!Resident!of!Quay!Street,!
Penzance.!Born!in!Penzance,!enlisted!in!Manchester!and!joined!the!battalion!at!Bovington!!in!
1914.!Brother!of!Mrs!T.J.!Banfield!of!The!Red!Lion!Hotel,!Redruth.!Listed!on!Thiepval!Memorial,!
Somme,!France!(Pier!and!Face!13A!and!14C).!Also!listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!
Penzance!War!Memorial!and!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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HALL,!James!(Jimmy)!Thomas.!Private.!204542.!15th!(Hampshire!Yeomanry)!Battalion!(2nd!Portsmouth),!Hampshire!Regiment,!122nd!Brigade,!41st!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Thursday!
20th!September!1917!age!28.!Son!of!Francis!and!Elizabeth!Hall!of!Nancledra!Hill,!Long!Rock;!
husband!of!Florence!Jane!Hall!of!Chysauster,!Gulval,!Penzance.!Born!in!Gulval!and!enlisted!in!
Penzance.!Interred!in!Hooge!Crater!Cemetery,!Ypres,!France!(Plot!XIX,!Row!G,!Grave!5).!Listed!on!
both!Gulval!Church!War!Memorial,!Gulval!War!Memorial,!on!Ludgvan!Church!War!Memorial!and!
in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!
!HALL,!Richard!Thomas.!Private.!136849.!17th!Battalion,!Machine!Gun!Corps!(Infantry),!17th!
(Northern)!Division.!Formerly!43164!Hampshire!Regiment.!Killed!in!action!on!Saturday!21st!
September!1918!age!19.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!R!Hall!of!Tremethick!Cross,!Penzance.!Born!in!
Madron!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Vis:en:Artois!Memorial,!Arras,!France!(Panel!10),!
on!Madron!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
!HALL,!William!Henry.!Private.!27172.!B!Company,!1st!Battalion,!Wiltshire!Regiment!(Duke!of!
Edinburgh’s),!7th!Brigade,!25th!Division.!Formerly!19273!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry!and!
27172!Somerset!Light!Infantry.!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!12th!August!1917.!Born,!resident!and!
enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Menin!Gate!Memorial,!Ypres,!Belgium!(Panel!53)!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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HALL,!William!P.!Kelly.!Private.!9970.!2nd!Battalion,!Devonshire!Regiment,!23rd!Brigade,!8th!Division.!Died!on!Wednesday!30th!June!1915!age!19!at!the!Queen’s!Canadian!Military!Hospital,!
Beechborough,!Shorncliffe,!Kent!from!wounds!received!at!Neuve!Chapelle,!France!on!12th!March!
1915.!A!bursting!shell!had!severely!injured!both!his!legs.!Born!in!Brixham!and!enlisted!in!
Devonport,!Devon.!Youngest!son!of!Captain!William!Hall!RA/RDC!and!Mrs!Kate!Hall!of!29!
Clarence!Street,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Shorncliffe!Military!Cemetery!(C.117).!!Listed!on!Penzance!
War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
HARRY,!Josiah.!Seaman.!1729D.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Albion.!Died!on!Monday!28th!June!
1915!age!48.!Son!of!William!and!Mary!Jacka!Harry!of!Mousehole;!husband!of!Elizabeth!Jane!
Richards!Harry!of!Regent!Terrace,!Mousehole.!Shipmate!of!Edwin!Blewett!(see!above).!Listed!on!
Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!8),!on!Mousehole!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!on!
Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Albion,!a!Canopus!class!
battleship,!was!badly!damaged!by!Turkish!fire!while!covering!the!Gallipoli!landings.!Josiah!Harry!passed!away!whilst!on!the!voyage!home!and!was!buried!at!sea.!HMS!Albion!returned!to!British!
waters!in!1916!and!was!sold!for!scrap!in!1919.!
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HARRY,!William!Gilbert.!Seaman.!3215C.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Goliath.!Killed!in!action!on!
Thursday!13th!May!1915!aged!35.!!Drift!fisherman.!Third!son!of!John!Semmens!Harry!and!Mary!
Ann!P.!Harry!of!Brook!Street,!Mousehole;!husband!of!Alberta!T.!Harry!of!Keigwin!Place,!
Mousehole,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!8),!on!HMS!Goliath!plaque!and!War!Memorial!in!Paul!Church!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Goliath,!a!
Canopus!class!battleship,!was!sunk!on!13th!May!1915!by!a!Turkish!torpedo!boat!off!Cape!Helles,!
Gallipoli!with!the!loss!of!over!500!crew.!
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HART,!P.!Deck!Hand.!16352/DA.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Minesweeper!Kenilworth.!Died!on!Saturday!22nd!February!1919!age!22.!Son!of!John!and!Jane!Hart!of!2!Dock!Cottage,!Penzance.!
Interred!in!Haslar!Royal!Naval!Cemetery,!Gosport,!Hampshire.!Listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!
and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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HARVEY,!Emmanuel.!Lance!Serjeant.!RMA/9497.!Royal!Marine!Artillery.!HMS!Aboukir.!Drowned!
on!Tuesday!22nd!September!1914!age!32!years.!Born!in!Wimborne,!Dorset.!!Son!of!Joseph!and!Susannah!Harvey,!35!High!Street,!Hornsey,!London;!husband!of!Mary!Julia!Harvey!of!Brook!
Street,!Mousehole,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Portsmouth!Naval!Memorial,!Hampshire!(Panel!5),!on!
tablet!in!Mousehole!Methodist!Church,!Paul!Chuch!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!Also!listed!on!his!wife’s!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!!First!
man!on!the!Mousehole!“Roll!of!Honour”!for!the!Great!War.!!HMS!Aboukir,!a!Cressy!class!
armoured!cruiser,!was!part!of!Cruiser!Force!C!in!the!North!Sea.!Due!to!bad!weather!the!force!had!
no!destroyer!escort!and!on!22nd!September!1914!HMS!Aboukir,!along!with!HMS!Hogue!and!HMS!Cressy,!was!sunk!by!German!submarine!U9.!!!!
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HARVEY,!Francis!Arthur.!Private.!25016.!Devonshire!Regiment.!Died!on!Thursday!30th!January!
1919!age!33.!Husband!of!Mabel!Harvey!of!2!South!Terrace,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Interred!in!
Netley!Military!Cemetery,!Hampshire!(C.E.2002).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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HARVEY,!George.!Sapper.!2007216.!B!Company,!9th!Battalion,!Canadian!Engineers,!Canadian!Army.!Died!of!wounds!at!the!US!Hospital,!Rouen,!France!on!Sunday!18th!August!1918!having!been!
wounded!in!action!on!8th!!August!age!34.!Born!in!Newlyn,!Penzance!on!23rd!July!1884.!Son!of!Mr!
and!Mrs!Harvey!of!Newlyn,!Penzance;!husband!of!Lizzie!A.!Harvey!of!1014!Bell!Avenue,!
Braddock,!Pennsylvania,!USA.!Enlisted!at!Toronto,!Canada!on!6th!December!1917.!Bricklayer!by!
trade.!Interred!in!St!Sever!Cemetery,!Rouen,!France!(Q.V.G.2).!Listed!in!Centenary!Methodist!
Church,!Newlyn,!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour!and!in!the!Canadian!Books!of!Remembrance,!Ottawa!(1918/425).!
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HARVEY,!John!Phillip.!Deck!Hand.!9742/DA.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Trawler!Slebach!(FD74).!
Died!on!Wednesday!2nd!!February!1916!age!52!years.!Fisherman.!Son!of!Peter!and!Jane!Harvey!of!
2!Eden!Place,!Mousehole;!husband!of!Emily!Pezzack!Harvey!of!15!St!Warren!Street,!Penzance.!
Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul!(39.721).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!
Mousehole!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HM!Trawler!Slebach!was!converted!to!a!minesweeper!in!1915.!!
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HARVEY,!John!Tregurtha.!Private.!240838.!1/5th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry,!61st!(2nd!South!Midland)!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Sunday!17th!February!1918!aged!
24.!!Youngest!son!of!John!Tregurtha!Harvey!and!Sarah!Harvey!of!Boase!Street!and!later!of!2!Eden!
Terrace,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Born!in!Paul!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Foreste!Communal!Cemetery,!Aisne,!France!(1.A.13).!Listed!on!War!Memorial!in!Centenary!Methodist!Church,!
Newlyn,!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!!1/5!DCLI!was!a!pioneer!
battalion!in!the!61st!Division!and!their!role!covered!the!construction!and!repair!of!trenches!and!
posts,!wiring!revetting,!track!and!road!making!etc.!During!the!period!January!:!March!1918!they!
were!at!Proyart,!south!of!Bray:sur:Somme!in!France!and!were!subjected!to!enemy!shelling!and!
small!arms!fire!as!they!carried!out!their!tasks.!At!9!o’clock!in!the!evening!an!enemy!aircraft!
bombed!their!camp!and!John!Harvey!was!struck!by!a!piece!of!shrapnel!which!severely!wounded!his!shoulder.!He!died!shortly!after!his!wound!had!been!dressed!and!before!he!could!be!evacuated!
to!the!field!ambulance!a!few!miles!away.!!
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HARVEY,!Nicholas.!Lance!Corporal.!240881.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!95th!
Brigade,!5th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Saturday!24th!August!1918!aged!25.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!
Andrew!Harvey!of!Newlyn,!Penzance;!husband!of!Lilian!Harvey,!Prospect!House,!Newlyn,!
Penzance!who!shortly!afterwards!moved!to!Fort!William,!Ontario,!Canada.!Interred!in!Bagneux!British!Cemetery,!Gezaincourt,!Somme,!France!(V.A.12).!Listed!on!Centenary!Methodist!Church!
War!Memorial,!Newlyn,!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!1!DCLI!
formed!part!of!15!Brigade!in!the!5th!Division!and!over!the!period!21st/23rd!August!!took!part!in!
the!Battle!of!Albert!which!was!a!major!attack!by!the!Allies!against!the!German!front.!The!Brigade!
objective!was!the!Arras:Albert!railway!line!and!zero!hour!was!0444!hours!on!the!21st!August.!
With!1!Devons!on!the!right,!1!East!Surreys!on!the!left!and!1!DCLI!in!support!they!advanced!through!the!early!morning!mist!and!by!0900!hours!had!taken!the!first!objective.!That!night!and!
the!following!day!was!spent!consolidating!their!position!and!on!the!23rd!they!continued!the!
attack!meeting!heavy!machine!gun!fire!and!resistance.!Although!many!German!prisoners!were!
taken!and!equipment!captured,!own!casualties!were!not!light.!
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HARVEY,!Richard.!Leading!Seaman.!2711B.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Yacht!Rhiannon.!Killed!on!active!service!on!Tuesday!20th!July!1915!age!28.!Son!of!Andrew!and!Catherine!Harvey!of!North!
Corner,!Newlyn;!husband!of!Elizabeth!Ellen!Harvey!of!Regent!Square,!Penzance,!later!of!45!Daniel!
Place,!Penzance!and!2607!Algonquin!Avenue,!Detroit,!Michigan,!USA.!Interred!in!St!Mary’s!
Churchyard,!Shotley!(RN!Plot,!Grave!46)!near!Harwich!with!full!naval!honours.!Listed!on!St!
Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Centenary!Primitive!Methodist!Church,!Newlyn,!Penzance!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HM!Yacht!Rhiannon!struck!a!mine!on!20th!July!
1915!while!patrolling!the!coast!near!Dover.!Richard!Harvey,!who!was!on!look:out!duty!in!the!bows,!was!killed!almost!instantaneously.!His!body!was!later!picked!up!by!another!patrol!boat!and!
landed!at!Harwich.!
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HARVEY,!!Thomas.!Private.!4362.!2nd!(NSW)!Battalion,!1st!Infantry!Brigade,!1st!Division,!
Australian!Imperial!Force.!!Killed!in!action!in!France!on!Thursday!4th!October!1917!aged!27.!Born!
in!Newlyn,!Cornwall.!Son!of!Abednego!and!Jane!Harvey!of!61!Henrietta!Street,!Waverley,!New!
South!Wales,!Australia!(late!of!Bon!Villas,!Newlyn).!Family!emigrated!to!Australia!in!1911.!Thomas!served!his!apprenticeship!with!Mr!Polsue,!draper,!of!Penzance!and!continued!in!the!
same!trade!in!Sydney,!Australia!until!enlisting!in!the!Australian!Army.!Listed!on!the!Menin!Gate!
Memorial,!Ypres,!Belgium!(Panel!7:17:23:25:27:29:31)!and!on!Panel!32!of!the!Australian!War!
Memorial,!Canberra,!Australia.!Also!listed!on!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul,!on!
Madron!War!Memorial,!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!!
!HARVEY,!William!(Willie)!James.!Leading!Seaman!(Gunner).!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!4702/A.!SS!
Everilda!(Glasgow)!ex!SS!Aldergate,!ex!SS!Britanic.!Died!on!active!service!on!Saturday!16th!
November!1918!aged!29.!Born!in!Mousehole.!Son!of!William!James!and!Elizabeth!Harvey!of!
Mousehole;!husband!of!Minnie!Batten!Harvey!(nee!Drew)!of!3!Brook!Street,!Mousehole!and!later!
of!Armadale,!South!Cliff,!Mousehole.!Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul!(62.1145).!
Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Willie!Harvey!died!
on!board!his!ship,!en!route!to!the!Mediterranean,!after!a!severe!attack!of!influenza.!His!body!was!landed!at!Falmouth!and!brought!home.!
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HATCH,!Algernon!Walton.!Private.!24183.!7th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry,!61st!Brigade,!20th!(Light)!Division.!Died!on!Wednesday!26th!June!1918!age!24.!Miner!by!
trade.!Son!of!Algernon!Walton!and!Elizabeth!Jane!Hatch!of!Gulval,!Penzance.!Interred!in!
Hautmont!Communal!Cemetery,!Nord,!France!(V.A.9).!Born!in!Gulval!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!Gulval!Church!War!Memorial,!Gulval!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!
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HELLER,!Willie!T.!(Nicky).!Civilian.!Employee!of!Western!Union!Cable!Company.!Passenger!on!
Irish!mail!boat!SS!Leinster!which!was!struck!by!two!torpedoes!from!a!German!submarine!shortly!
after!leaving!Kingstown!(now!Dun!Laoghaire),!Ireland!en!route!to!England.!Sank!with!heavy!loss!
of!life.!Mr!Heller!was!rescued!but!died!later!in!St!Michael’s!Hospital,!Kingstown!on!Thursday!10th!
October!1918!age!18.!!Only!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Nicholas!J.!Heller!of!Tolver!Road,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Listed!on!High!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance!and!on!parents’!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!!
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HENRICKSON,!Benjamin!Lauriets!(Louis).!Private.!19811.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Dorsetshire!
Regiment,!50th!Brigade,!17th!(Northern)!Division.!Killed!in!action!Sunday!1st!September!1918!age!
21.!Only!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!M.P.!Henrickson!of!New!Inn!Court,!Penzance.!After!the!death!of!her!
husband!Mrs!Henrickson!remarried,!becoming!Mrs!Mansell,!and!moved!to!7!Morley!Lane,!Plymouth,!Devon.!Louis!was!born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Formerly!42213!Devonshire!
Regiment.!Prior!to!joining!was!employed!by!Mr!William!Inch!as!a!carpenter’s!apprentice.!He!
joined!the!Army!when!he!was!19!and!was!killed!just!two!weeks!before!his!21st!birthday.!Listed!on!
the!Vis:en:Artois!Memorial,!Arras,!France!(Panel!7),!on!St!Mary’s!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
!HILL,!Edward!John.!Lance!Corporal.!81490.!Royal!Defence!Corps!formerly!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!
Light!Infantry.!Died!on!Monday!2nd!December!1918!age!32!as!the!result!of!an!accident!at!Wyke!
Regis,!Weymouth!when!he!was!knocked!down!by!a!train,!along!with!another!soldier,!while!
crossing!the!line!to!get!back!to!camp.!Son!of!William!and!Jane!Hill;!husband!of!Harriet!Mabel!Hill!
of!34!Penlee!Street,!Penzance.!Listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!
and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!with!a!service!headstone.!The!Royal!Defence!Corps!was!formed!in!August!1917!from!the!Home!Service!Garrison!Battalions!
of!eighteen!Regiments.!It!was!made!up!of!soldiers!who!were!beyond!the!age!set!for!combatant!
service!in!the!First!World!War.!The!Corps!was!similar!in!some!ways!to!the!Home!Guard!of!the!
Second!World!War.!Its!role!was!to!guard!railways,!tunnels,!roads!and!ports,!thus!relieving!other!
troops!for!front!line!service.!
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HILL,!Richard!Harold.!Stoker!1st!Class.!K/25741.!Royal!Navy.!Served!on!HMS!Marlborough!during!Battle!of!Jutland.!Died!from!pleurisy!on!Wednesday!28th!August!1918!age!21!at!the!US!Base!
Hospital,!Strathpeffer,!Scotland.!Third!son!of!Joseph!and!Annie!Hill!of!8!Coinage!Hall!Street,!
Penzance,!Cornwall.!Formerly!on!GWR!staff!at!Long!Rock.!Listed!on!St!Mary’s!War!Memorial,!
Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!
with!a!headstone!erected!by!the!Engineering!Department!of!HMS!Marlborough.!!
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HITCHINS,!Frederick!Bennett.!Private.!245962.!9th!(Service)!Battalion,!Cheshire!Regiment,!56th!Brigade,!19th!(Western)!Division.!Ex!trumpeter!Royal!1st!Devon!Yeomanry.!Died!of!wounds!on!
Monday!29th!April!1918!age!19!at!1/1st!West!Riding!Field!Ambulance,!France.!Son!of!Charles!
Edwin!and!Minnie!Hitchins!of!23!Penlee!Street,!Penzance.!Enlisted!in!Penzance.!Penzance!post!
office!messenger!before!enlisting.!Interred!in!Lijssenthoek!Military!Cemetery,!Ypres,!Belgium!
(XXVIII.E.5).!Listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!Penzance!Post!
Office!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parents’!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
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HITCHENS,!Joseph!Archibald!(Archie).!Private.!20726.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Dorsetshire!
Regiment,!50th!Brigade,!17th!(Northern)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Friday!11th!October!1918!age!
19.!Only!son!of!Joseph!and!Selina!Jane!Hitchens!of!4!Stanford!Terrace,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Born!
and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Montay:Neuvilly!Road!Cemetery,!Le!Cateau,!France!
(II.C.24).!Listed!in!Chapel!Street!Methodist!Church,!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Also!listed!on!parents’!headstone!in!
Penzance!Cemetery.!
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HOCKING,!James.!Sapper.!512325.!Royal!Engineers.!Killed!in!action!at!Cambrai!on!Saturday!19th!
October!1918!age!36.!Born!in!St!Just:in:Penwith,!Cornwall.!Enlisted!at!Falmouth,!Cornwall!in!
November!1914.!Son!of!James!Hocking!of!St!Just:in:Penwith;!husband!of!Matilda!Hocking!(nee!Blewett)!of!1!Chapel!Yard,!West!Street,!Worsborough!Dale,!Barnsley,!Yorkshire.!Interred!in!
Maurois!Communal!Cemetery,!Le!Cateau,!France!(71).!Listed!on!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church),!
Madron,!Falmouth!and!St!Just!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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HOCKING,!Reginald!Oswald.!Private.!241140.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!95th!
Brigade,!5th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Friday!30th!August!1918!age!20.!Born!and!enlisted!in!
Penzance.!Son!of!Edwin!Thomas!and!Annie!Elizabeth!Hocking!of!50A!St.!Clare!Street,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Vaulx!Hill!Cemetery,!Bapaume,!France!(I.D.28).!Listed!on!Madron!War!Memorial!and!
in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!last!week!in!August!saw!1!DCLI!in!support!positions!just!
south!of!Bihucourt.!The!weather!was!hot.!On!the!evening!of!the!29th!the!Battalion!formed!up!and!
at!0500!hours!on!the!following!morning,!supported!by!tanks!and!an!excellent!creeping!barrage,!
the!attack!commenced.!Heavy!resistance!from!the!enemy!meant!that!not!all!tasks!were!achieved!
and!the!day!ended!with!the!attackers!occupying!positions!short!of!their!objectives.!This!second!
Battle!of!Bapaume!continued!for!a!further!four!days.!1!DCLI!losses!on!the!30th!were!4!officers!and!170!other!ranks!killed,!wounded!or!missing.!
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HOLLOW,!Howard.!Private.!22714.!10th!(Service)!Battalion!(Cornwall!Pioneers),!Duke!of!
Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!66th!(2nd!East!Lancashire)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!27th!
August!1917!age!20.!Youngest!son!of!Richard!Henry!and!Annie!Hollow!of!8!Gwavas!Street,!
Penzance.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Ramscappelle!Road!Military!Cemetery,!Nievwpoort,!Belgium!(Plot!II,!Row!C,!Grave!11).!Listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!
Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!sister’s!headstone!in!
Penzance!Cemetery.!
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HOLLOW,!Thomas!Bryant.!Engine!Room!Artificer.!Late!Royal!Navy.!Took!part!in!the!Battle!of!
Jutland.!Retired!through!illness!and!died!on!Friday!9th!August!1918!age!42.!Second!son!of!Captain!and!Mrs!John!Hollow!of!Atlantic!Terrace,!St!Ives;!husband!of!Harriet!Hollow!(nee!Hodge)!of!
Skerryvore,!Barvis!Hill,!Penzance.!Listed!on!St!John!Church!War!Memorial,!St!Ives!War!Memorial,!
Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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HONEYCHURCH,!William!Alfred.!Fireman.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Red!Rose!(Liverpool).!Lost!his!
life!at!sea!off!the!coast!of!France!on!Tuesday!21st!May!1918!age!66.!Son!of!William!and!Frances!
Honeychurch;!husband!of!Mary!Honeychurch!of!10!Mount!Street,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London.!Also!listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!SS!Red!Rose,!a!ship!of!401!tons,!sailed!from!Littlehampton,!
Sussex!bound!for!Le!Havre,!with!a!cargo!of!Government!stores,!on!21st!May!1918.!Nothing!was!
ever!heard!of!her!again!and!it!was!assumed!that!she!was!sunk!of!the!French!coast.!
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HOOPER,!William!John.!Serjeant.!16812.!Depot,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!Bodmin!but!at!
the!time!of!his!death!was!stationed!at!Fovant!Camp,!Salisbury.!Died!on!Thursday!20th!May!1920!age!30!following!an!accident!with!a!lorry!while!he!was!riding!his!bicycle!in!Lewisham,!London.!
Son!of!Richard!and!Gertrude!Hooper!of!Belle!Vue!Cottage,!West!End,!Marazion,!Penzance;!
husband!of!Mary!Ann!Hooper!of!Enneradale,!Road,!Lewisham!and!later!of!12!Corporation!
Terrace,!Bodmin.!Interred!in!Ladywell!Cemetery,!Lewisham,!London!(Grave!E.1356).!Listed!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!HOSKEN,!Albert!!Newton!(Newt).!Private.!44537.!8th!(Service)!Battalion,!Gloucestershire!
Regiment,!57th!Brigade,!19th!(Western)!Division.!Formerly!3290!Royal!North!Devon!Hussars.!
Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!8th!September!1918!age!19.!Born!3rd!December!1898!in!Penzance.!
Enlisted!in!Penzance.!Youngest!son!of!William!James!and!Annie!Jane!Hosken!of!8!Marine!Terrace,!
Penzance!and!later!of!Fairview,!Polwithen,!Penzance.!!Interred!in!Le!Vertannoy!British!Cemetery,!
Hinges,!Bethune,!France.!Also!listed!on!Chapel!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!
Humphrey!Davy!School!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!family!grave!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
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HOSKEN,!Arthur!Uren.!Lance!Serjeant.!29160.!10th!(Service)!Battalion!(Cornwall!Pioneers),!Duke!
of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!66th!(2nd!East!Lancashire)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Tuesday!24th!
July!1917!age!29.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!T.P.!Hosken!of!34!Alverne!Buildings,!Penzance;!husband!of!
Elizabeth!Hosken!of!28!Alverne!Buildings,!Penzance.!Born!on!St!Mary’s,!Isles!of!Scilly!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Gardener!to!Colonel!Harvey.!Interred!in!Coxyde!Military!Cemetery,!Koksijde,!West:
Vlaanderen,!Belgium!(Plot!I,!Row!J,!Grave!5).!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!
Madron!War!Memorials,!on!Penzance!Baptist!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!
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HOSKEN,!Arthur!W.!Private.!27041.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!43rd!
Brigade,!14th!(Light)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Saturday!16th!September!1916!age!19.!Son!of!Simon!Symons!Hosken!and!Marianne!Hosken!of!Lafrowda!Villa,!Drift,!Buryas!Bridge,!Penzance.!
Born!in!Sancreed!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Thiepval!Memorial,!Somme,!France!
(Pier!and!Face!6B),!on!Penzance!War!Memorial,!Sancreed!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!
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HOSKING,!Cecil!James.!Leading!Seaman.!J/16056.!Royal!Navy.!HM!Submarine!K17.!Drowned!at!
sea!on!Thursday!31st!January!1918!age!21.!Second!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!W!Hosking!of!Holly!Terrace,!Heamoor,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!26),!on!both!Heamoor!(St!
Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!K17!was!
rammed!by!HMS!Fearless!during!tactical!exercises!in!the!North!Sea.!
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HOSKING,!Ernest.!Private.!2356570.!20th!Battalion,!Canadian!Infantry!(Central!Ontario!Regiment).!Killed!in!action!on!Friday!11th!October!1918!age!25!years!during!an!advance!to!the!
north!east!of!CambraI,!France.!Enlisted!at!Ontario,!Canada!while!resident!at!491!Perkins!Street,!
Akron,!Ohio,!USA.!Rubber!worker!by!trade.!Born!in!Newlyn,!Cornwall!on!21st!October!1892.!Son!
of!James!Hosking!and!Mary!Hosking!(nee!Downing)!of!Duke!Street,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Brother!of!
Nicholas!and!William!(see!below).!Interred!in!Niagra!Cemetery,!Iwuy,!Nord,!France!(C.21)!Listed!
on!family!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul,!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!!!
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HOSKING,!Frederick!(Fred)!James.!Private.!SS/13539.!18th!Labour!Company,!Army!Service!Corps.!
Lost!at!sea!on!Friday!13th!August!1915!age!48!on!HM!Troopship!Royal!Edward.!Born!at!Penzance!
and!enlisted!in!London.!Son!of!William!and!Christina!Hosking!of!33!Adelaide!Street,!Penzance;!
brother!of!Mr!John!Hosking,!conductor!of!Penzance!Town!Band.!Listed!on!the!Helles!Memorial,!
Turkey!(Panel!199!or!233!to!236!and!331),!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HM!Troopship!Royal!Edward,!11,000!tons,!was!torpedoed!off!the!Gulf!of!Kos!in!
the!Aegean!Sea!by!the!German!submarine!UB14!with!the!loss!of!nearly!1,000!passengers!and!
crew.!!
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HOSKING,!Herbert.!Stoker!1st!Class.!K/18430.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Defence.!Lost!at!sea!on!
Wednesday!31st!May!1916!during!the!Battle!of!Jutland.!Brother!of!William!Hosking!(see!below);!
son!of!William!Henry!Hosking!and!Mrs!Hosking,!late!of!Penzance.!!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!16),!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
HMS!Defence,!a!Minataur!class!cruiser,!was!flagship!of!1st!Cruiser!Squadron!at!the!Battle!of!
Jutland.!She!was!blown!up!by!gunfire!from!the!German!battleship!Friedrich!der!Grosse!on!31st!
May!1916!off!the!Jutland!peninsula.!There!were!no!survivors!from!the!crew!of!893.!
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HOSKING,!!Nicholas.!!Private.!!9/493.!!2nd!Battalion,!Royal!Munster!Fusiliers,!3rd!Brigade,!1st!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!25th!September!1916!on!the!Somme!in!France!aged!33!years.!
Born!and!resident!in!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Enlisted!at!Pontypridd,!Glamorgan,!South!Wales.!!Son!of!
James!Hosking!and!Mary!Hosking!(nee!Downing)!of!Duke!Street,!Newlyn,!Penzance;!brother!of!
Ernest!and!William!(see!above!and!below).!Interred!at!Flatiron!Copse!Cemetery,!Mametz,!Somme,!
France!(I.F.16).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!on!family!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!
Road!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!The!month!of!September!found!the!Battalion!in!support!
trenches!between!Bazentin:le:Petit!and!Mametz!Wood.!The!Battle!of!the!Somme!was!still!raging!,!with!positioned!changing!hands!several!times,!and!the!whole!battlefield!was!churned!up!into!a!
network!of!shell:holes!and!trenches.!During!the!night!of!the!17th!they!moved!forward!to!the!front!
line,!took!over!from!the!New!Zealanders,!and!for!the!following!week!were!involved!in!several!
close!quarter!incidents!which!resulted!in!the!Battalion!suffering!over!thirty!casualties.!On!the!
night!of!the!25th!a!small!bombing!raid!by!A!Company!was!carried!out!on!the!left!of!the!line!but!it!
was!not!successful!and!some!losses!were!incurred.!On!the!following!day!the!Battalion!was!withdrawn!from!the!line.!(Note:!Listed!as!Hoskings!on!the!cwgc!web!site).!
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HOSKING,!Nicholas!Oats.!Private.!27881.!2nd!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!82nd!
Brigade,!27th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!7th!December!1916!in!the!Balkans!age!40.!
Formerly!24166!Somerset!Light!Infantry.!Born!in!Ludgvan!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Son!of!John!
and!Cordelia!Hosking!of!Bojewyan,!Pendeen.!Interred!in!Mikra!British!Cemetery,!Kalmaria,!
Greece!(Grave!1927).!Listed!on!both!Pendeen!war!memorials!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!!The!5th!December!saw!2!DCLI,!together!with!2nd!Gloucesters,!in!positions!in!Rabbit!Wood!where!
they!received!orders!for!a!second!assault!on!the!village!of!Tumbitza.!The!bombardment!
commenced!at!0500!hours!the!following!morning!and!at!0640!hours!the!Gloucesters!advanced!
across!the!river!only!to!be!met!by!a!storm!of!rifle!and!machine:gun!fire.!Only!a!few!made!it!to!the!
far!bank!and!cover.!The!Cornwalls!were!ready!to!follow,!and!had!already!suffered!casualties,!but!
further!attacks!were!abandoned!under!orders!from!Brigade!and!the!Gloucesters!fell!back!across!
the!river!with!most!of!their!wounded.!2!DCLI!lost!9!killed!and!61!wounded!during!the!day.!As!this!was!the!only!action!involving!the!Battalion!at!this!time!it!is!possible!that!Private!Hosking!was!
wounded!on!the!6th!and!died!the!following!day.!!!
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HOSKING,!William.!Stoker!1st!Class.!K/6661.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Brisk.!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!
action!on!Tuesday!2nd!October!1917.!Brother!of!Herbert!Hosking!(see!above);!son!of!William!
Henry!Hosking!and!Mrs!Hosking,!late!of!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!22),!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!HMS!Brisk,!a!type!H!
destroyer!of!the!Acorn!class!launched!in!1910,!was!torpedoed!by!a!German!submarine!off!the!
coast!of!Rathlin!Island,!County!Antrim,!Northern!Ireland!on!2nd!October!1917.!The!resulting!
catastropic!explosion!broke!her!in!two!killing!31!seaman.!The!bow!section!sank!but!the!stern!
section!stayed!afloat!and!was!eventually!towed!into!Londonderry.!She!was!most!likely!torpedoed!
by!U79!which!earlier!had!crippled!HMS!Drake!and!sunk!the!SS!Lugano,!part!of!convoy!HH24,!inbound!from!the!United!States.!
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HOSKING,!William!Henry.!AB!Seaman.!2582B.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Goliath.!Lost!at!sea!
through!enemy!action!on!Thursday!13th!May!1915!age!30.!Son!of!James!Hosking!and!Mary!
Hosking!(nee!Downing)!of!Duke!Street,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!
Devon!(Panel!8),!on!family!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul,!on!Newlyn!War!
Memorial,!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!on!the!Goliath!Plaque!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!HMS!Goliath,!a!Canopus!class!battleship,!was!sunk!on!13th!May!1915!by!a!Turkish!
torpedo!boat!off!Cape!Helles,!Gallipoli!with!the!loss!of!over!500!crew.!
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HUMPHRYS,!William!Vingoe.!AB!Seaman.!!3204C.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Goliath.!Killed!in!
action!on!Thursday!13th!May!1915!aged!36.!Son!of!W.V.!and!N.!Humprys!of!Newlyn;!husband!of!
Emeline!Humprys!of!Trewaneth!Street,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!
Devon!(Panel!8),!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!in!Centenary!Methodist!Church,!Newlyn!and!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!HMS!Goliath,!a!Canopus!class!battleship,!was!sunk!on!13th!May!1915!by!a!Turkish!
torpedo!boat!off!Cape!Helles,!Gallipoli!with!the!loss!of!over!500!crew.!
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JACKA,!!Hugh.!Private.!28662.!7th!(Service)!Battalion,!King’s!Shropshire!Light!Infantry,!8th!
Brigade,!3rd!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!the!Somme!on!Wednesday!21st!August!1918!aged!18.!
Native!of!Newlyn.!Son!of!Charles!and!Eliza!Emily!Jacka,!23!Charles!Street,!Tolcarne,!Newlyn.!!Interred!in!Bucquoy!Road!Cemetery,!Ficheux,!Pas!de!Calais,!France!(Plot!VI,!Row!J,!Grave!29)!and!
listed!on!parents’!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!!Also!listed!on!Newlyn!War!
Memorial,!Madron!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!On!21st!August!1918,!7!
KSLI!took!part!in!the!Battle!of!Albert!on!the!Somme.!Their!objective,!as!one!of!the!leading!
battalions!of!the!brigade!during!the!attack,!was!the!Bapaume:Arras!railway!line!just!east!of!
Courcelles.!They!had!the!1st!R.Scots!Fus.!on!their!left!and!the!8th!Lancasters!in!reserve.!!Their!
attack!was!launched!at!4.55am!and!had!reached!its!immediate!objective!without!much!trouble!by!7.30am.!!They!then!made!a!bayonet!attack!through!heavy!mist!against!the!strong!German!
positions!on!the!railway!embankment,!the!enemy!being!“driven!off!with!great!slaughter”!and!
many!prisoners!taken.!!On!the!next!day!(22nd)!they!repelled!two!weak!counter:attacks!and!
continued!the!general!advance!on!the!23rd.!!During!the!fighting!on!these!few!days,!the!7th!lost!232!
men!killed!and!wounded.!!It!would!seem!that!Hugh!Jacka!was!killed!in!the!frontal!attack!on!the!
Bapaume:Arras!railway!embankment!positions!east!of!Courcelles.!!!
JACKSON,!Joseph!Charles.!Private.!16257.!Machine!Gun!Corps!(Infantry).!Formerly!1224!Duke!of!
Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!!Died!of!wounds!on!Wednesday!2nd!January!1918!age!23.!Elder!son!of!
Corporal!Joseph!C.!Jackson!(Dorsetshire!Regiment)!and!Amelia!Jackson!of!4!Chapel!Row,!
Penzance.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Lijssenthoek!Military!Cemetery,!Poperinge,!
Belgium!(Plot!XXVI,!Row!D,!Grave!10).!Territorial!soldier!with!DCLI!in!Penzance!before!
hostilities.!Member!of!St!Paul’s!Church!choir.!Listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial.!
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JACOBS,!Ronald!(Ron)!Frank!Perren.!AB!Seaman.!Royal!Naval!Volunteer!Reserve.!Bristol!Z/1441.!
Hawke!Battalion,!189th!Brigade,!63rd!(Royal!Naval)!Division.!Missing!presumed!killed!in!action!on!
Monday!13th!November!1916!age!23.!Born!Penzance!and!Educated!at!Truro!School.!Worked!for!
his!father!on!leaving!school.!Only!son!of!Frank!(Draper)!of!The!Terrace,!Penzance!and!Ada!Jacobs!
of!Graystoke,!Pendarves!Road,!Penzance!and!later!of!1!Conway!Crescent,!Paignton,!Devon.!Interred!in!Ancre!British!Cemetery,!Beaumont:Hamel,!Somme,!France!(Plot!VII,!Row!A,!Grave!
43).!Listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance!and!on!Truro!School!War!Memorial.!The!Battle!of!the!Ancre,!an!attack!by!five!
divisions!including!the!Royal!Naval!Division,!commenced!at!0545!hours!on!the!13th!November!
1916.!It!was!a!misty!day!when!the!leading!battalions!went!over!the!top!and!advanced!behind!a!
creeping!barrage!with!the!objective!of!the!RND!being!the!village!of!Beaucourt!and!the!intervening!strong!points!and!trenches.!The!fighting!was!extremely!heavy!and!within!the!first!thirty!minutes!
nearly!400!officers!and!men!of!the!Hawke!Battalion!had!become!casualties.!The!battle!raged!
throughout!that!day!and!the!following!one!and!Beaucourt!was!finally!taken!later!that!afternoon.!
The!RND!was!relieved!in!the!line!on!the!15th!and!withdrawn!to!the!neighbourhood!of!Rue!for!two!
months!rest!and!reorganisation.!During!the!month!of!November!the!RND!had!lost!100!officers!
and!1,600!men!killed!and!160!officers!and!2,377!men!wounded.!Note:!Initials!given!as!R.P.P.!on!the!cwgc!web!site.!
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JAMES,!Arthur!Edward.!Private.!24266.!10th!(Service)!Battalion!(Cornwall!Pioneers),!Duke!of!
Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!2nd!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!25th!March!1918!age!21!during!
the!First!Battle!of!Bapaume.!Youngest!son!of!Joseph!and!Annie!James!of!11!St!Michael!Street!and!
later!of!49!Medrose!Terrace,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Listed!on!the!Arras!Memorial,!France!(Bay!6).!
Also!listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Early!on!the!25th!March!10!DCLI!were!ordered!by!99th!Brigade!to!plug!a!gap!in!the!line!near!Le!Barque.!All!went!
well!with!Y,!Z!and!three!platoons!of!X!Companies!reaching!their!allocated!positions!in!the!line!but!
the!fourth!platoon!!met!a!large!enemy!force!which!resulted!in!many!of!the!platoon!becoming!
casualties,!but!they!wiped!out!the!enemy!to!a!man.!However,!due!to!flanking!withdrawals!and!the!
enemy!receiving!reinforcements,!the!Battalion,!along!with!1!KRRC!and!a!party!of!R!Berks!retired!
to!new!positions!west!of!Dyke!Road!where!they!were!re:supplied.!The!night!spent!in!this!position!
was,!without!exception,!the!coldest!night!for!three!years.!The!Battalion!had!not!taken!part!in!the!heaviest!fighting,!but!all!ranks!had!had!a!gruelling!time!and!as!the!casualty!list!for!the!25th!shows!
1!officer!and!14!other!ranks!were!killed,!7!officers!and!76!other!ranks!were!wounded!and!19!
other!ranks!were!missing.!!
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JASPER,!William!Charles!(Charlie).!Private.!316232.!2/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Devonshire!Regiment.!
Drowned!at!sea!on!Sunday!30th!December!1917!age!37.!Penzance!butcher!before!enlisting.!Husband!of!Mrs!W.!Jasper!of!Penzance.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Chatby!
Memorial,!Alexandria,!Egypt,!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HT!Aragon!(Belfast),!a!troopship!of!9,588!tons,!was!torpedoed!
and!sunk!on!30th!December!1917!when!entering!the!port!of!Alexandria,!Egypt!with!the!loss!of!
380!officers!and!men!of!Commonwealth!Forces.!!
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JELBERT,!William!Eric!Alexander.!Private.!21046.!1st!Battalion,!Dorsetshire!Regiment,!14th!Brigade,!32nd!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!3rd!October!1918!age!18!during!the!Battle!of!
the!Beaurevoir!Line!(3rd!to!5th!October).!Only!child!of!William!James!Jelbert!and!Alice!Jelbert!(nee!
Beith)!of!Heamoor!and!later!of!10!Coulston’s!Buildings,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Born!in!Heamoor!on!
1st!February!1900!and!enlisted!in!Truro.!He!joined!the!Army!in!March!1918!and!prior!was!
employed!as!a!motor!engineer!with!Messrs!Taylor!of!Penzance.!Interred!in!Cerisy!:!Gailly!Military!
Cemetery,!Somme,!France!(Plot!III,!Row!L,!Grave!14).!Listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Chapel!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!on!family!headstone!
in!Penzance!Cemetery!(Plot!8,!Row!3,!Grave!7).!At!6.25!am!on!the!3rd!of!October!the!battalion!
crossed!the!start!line!and!advanced,!close!to!their!artillery!barrage,!through!thick!ground!mist.!
With!A,!D!and!B!companies!leading!and!C!in!support!they!captured!all!their!objectives!in!and!
around!the!village!of!Sequehart!by!7.45!am.!As!they!consolidated!their!position!the!enemy!
counter!attacked!and!fierce!close!encounter!fighting!took!place!for!some!time.!By!nightfall!the!
battalion!was!reorganised!and,!with!support!from!two!companies!of!the!Highland!Light!Infantry,!the!line!secured!but!casualties!were!heavy!with!310!of!the!battalion!killed,!wounded!or!missing.!
The!enemy!losses!were!similar.!
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JENKIN,!John.!Air!Mechanic.!F/25398.!Royal!Naval!Air!Service.!HMS!President!II.!Died!on!Tuesday!
27th!March!1917!age!40.!Husband!of!Eliza!Jenkin!of!20!Reddinnick!Terrace,!Penzance!and!
previously!of!Leedstown.!Interred!in!Townshend!Methodist!Chapelyard,!near!Hayle,!Cornwall!
(Grave!17.I).!Listed!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance,!on!Crowan!War!Memorial,!on!Townshend!War!Memorial,!on!Crowan!
Parish!Church!War!Memorial!and!on!Leedstown!Methodist!Church!memorial!window,!St!Hilary.!
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JENKIN,!Joseph!Thomas.!Sapper.!159974.!233rd!Field!Company,!Royal!Engineers.!Died!of!severe!
shrapnel!wounds!to!abdomen!and!neck!on!Tuesday!5th!June!1917!age!32.!Born!in!Penzance.!
Enlisted!in!Penzance!in!April!1916.!Served!apprenticeship!with!Messrs!Perkins!&!Caldwell!of!Penzance!and!prior!to!enlisting!was!employed!by!Messrs!W.H.!Trounson!&!Son.!Pupil!of!
Redinnick!National!School.!Son!of!Samuel!Prideaux!Jenkin!and!Elizabeth!H.!Jenkin!of!Daniel!Place,!
Penzance;!brother!of!Mr!C.!Jenkin!of!20!Weeths!Cottages,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Lijssenthoek!
Military!Cemetery,!Poperinge,!West:Vlaanderen,!Belgium!(XII.C.38A).!Listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!
War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parents’!
headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!!
JENKIN,!Robert.!2nd!Corporal.!38176.!108th!Field!Company,!Royal!Engineers.!Died!on!Thursday!
21st!November!1918!age!28.!Son!of!James!and!Elizabeth!Jenkin!of!2!Foundry!Street,!Newlyn,!
Penzance.!Interred!in!Struma!Military!Cemetery,!Kalokastron,!Greece!(VII.J.6).!Listed!on!Newlyn!
War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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JENKIN,!Richard!Charles.!Deck!Hand.!Mercantile!Marine.!HM!Yacht!Patrol/HMS!Victory.!Died!in!hospital!in!Portsmouth!of!pneumonia!on!Monday!16th!September!1918!age!28.!!Born!at!
Mousehole.!Second!son!of!John!and!Patience!Jane!Jenkin!of!St!James!Place,!Mousehole;!husband!of!
Florence!May!Jenkin,!North!Cliff,!Mousehole,!Penzance;!brother!of!William!John!Jenkin!(see!
below).!!Richard!Jenkin!had!just!been!drafted!from!his!ship!to!Royal!Naval!Barracks!in!
Portsmouth,!to!undergo!training!in!gunnery,!when!he!was!taken!ill.!Interred,!with!full!naval!
honours,!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul!(Grave!250).!Also!listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!!
JENKIN,!William!John.!Deck!Hand.!15226/DA.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Trawler!Hercules!IV!(FD!
172).!Died!on!Tuesday!5th!November!1918!age!32!after!a!severe!illness.!!Eldest!son!of!John!and!
Patience!Jane!Jenkin;!husband!of!Lizzie!M.!Jenkin!of!Commercial!Road,!Mousehole.!Interred!Paul!
Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul!(Grave!226)!with!full!naval!honours.!For!some!time!engaged!in!the!
“T”!section!of!the!RNR.!Member!of!Paul!Church!choir!for!many!years.!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HM!Trawler!Hercules!was!a!converted!
minesweeper.!William’s!death!was!possibly!due!to!the!flu!epidemic.!
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JENKINSON,!James.!(Jas).!(List!as!JENKIN!on!some!memorials).!Private.!L/11470.!4th!Battalion!
Middlesex!Regiment!(Duke!of!Cambridge’s!Own).!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!19th!July!1915!age!
33.!Son!of!William!and!Cecilia!Jenkinson;!brother!of!Mrs!C.!Atkins!of!Adelaide!Street,!Penzance.!
Jas!Jenkinson!was!a!Reservist!and,!prior!to!being!called!up,!was!employed!as!a!carriage!cleaner!on!the!GWR!at!Penzance!Railway!Station.!Listed!on!the!Menin!Gate!Memorial,!Ieper!(Ypres),!Belgium!
(Panel!49!and!51),!on!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!St!
Paul‘s!Church!War!Memorial.!!
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JEWELS,!Albert!Owen.!Lance!Corporal.!494988.!77th!Field!Company,!Royal!Engineers.!Killed!in!
action!on!Monday!1st!April!1918!aged!32.!Husband!of!Mary!Downing!Jewels!of!Vine!Cottage,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Born!in!Camborne!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Dernancourt!
Communal!Cemetery!Extension,!Somme,!France!(Plot!VII,!Row!B,!Grave!10).!Listed!on!both!
Newlyn!and!St!Buryan!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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JILBERT,!William!Charles!(Charlie).!Private.!33204.!2nd!Battalion,!Oxfordshire!and!
Buckinghamshire!Light!Infantry.!Formerly!148733!Royal!Fortress!Artillery.!Killed!in!action!on!
Sunday!4th!August!1918!age!29.!Born!in!Cornwall!and!resident!in!Pendeen!but!enlisted!at!Hilsea,!Hampshire.!Eldest!son!of!John!and!Grace!Jilbert!of!Higher!Keigwin,!Pendeen.!Interred!in!
Bienvillers!Military!Cemetery,!Pas!de!Calais,!France!(Plot!XVIII,!Row!E,!Grave!1).!Listed!on!
Madron!War!Memorial,!Morvah!War!Memorial,!both!Pendeen!war!memorials!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!Spelt!JELBERT!on!memorial!with!Pendeen!Church.!
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JOHNS,!Edward.!AB!Seaman.!Merchant!Navy.!SS!Coath!(Penzance)!formerly!SS!Skerryvose!
(Glasgow).!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Wednesday!13th!December!1916!age!42.!Born!in!Penzance.!Son!of!Edward!Johns!and!Selina!Johns!(nee!Chellew)!of!Back!of!Marine!Terrace,!
Penzance;!husband!of!Mary!Johns!(nee!Capel!of!Swansea,!South!Wales)!of!25!Camberwell!Street,!
Penzance!and!previously!of!7!New!Inn!Court!Quay,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!
London,!Transport!War!Memorial,!Newhaven,!East!Sussex!(North!panel),!Penzance!War!
Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!wife’s!grave!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!
Road,!Paul.!!The!SS!Coath!was!originally!presumed!sunk!by!a!mine!in!the!English!Channel!on!13th!December!1916,!with!the!loss!of!16!crew,!but!now!believed!to!have!been!torpedoed!and!sunk!by!
the!German!submarine!UB:38!off!Beachy!Head,!East!Sussex!en!route!Eastbourne!to!Le!Havre,!
France!with!a!cargo!of!arms!and!ammunition.!In!1904!she!had!collided!with!and!sank!the!RN!
submarine!A9!off!Plymouth,!Devon!but!with!no!casualties!on!either!vessel.!
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JOHNS,!Richard!Wallis.!Corporal.!330473.!4th!(Reserve)!Battalion,!Hampshire!Regiment!(Isles!of!Wight!Rifles).!Died!as!a!result!of!war!service!on!Friday!14th!May!1920!age!29.!Volunteered!on!3rd!
September!1914,!served!through!the!Dardanelles,!Egypt!and!was!wounded!(lung)!at!Gaza.!
Discharged!from!the!army!on!3rd!September!1918.!Son!of!Mr!R!W!Johns,!3!St!Clement’s!Terrace,!
Mousehole,!Penzance;!husband!of!Florence!Johns!(nee!Damp)!of!Isle!of!Wight.!Interred!in!Paul!
Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul!(Grave!302).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Mousehole!
Methodist!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!4th!Battalion!was!
raised!and!administered!by!the!Hampshire!Territorial!Force!Association!for!home!service!security!duties!such!as!guarding!water!works,!hospitals,!munitions!trains!and!power!stations.!
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KEAST,!William!Robert.!Stoker!1st!Class.!301253.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Majestic.!Killed!in!action!on!
Thursday!27th!May!1915!age!35.!Second!son!of!Robert!and!Margaret!Keast!of!Paul,!Penzance;!
husband!of!Rhoda!Keast!of!40!Francis!Street,!Plymouth,!Devon.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!
Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!6),!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
HMS!Majestic,!a!Majestic!Class!battleship,!took!part!in!the!rescue!of!the!crew!from!HMS!Goliath!on!15th!May!1915!and!the!Dardanelles!bombardments!on!26th!May!1915.!!However,!on!the!following!
day!was!twice!torpedoed!by!German!submarine!U21!during!the!bombardment!off!Gaba!Tepe!
(“W”!Beach),!Cape!Helles,!Gallipoli!and!sank!within!seven!minutes.!Forty!four!of!her!crew!
perished.!
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KEEP,!Fred.!Private.!16167.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Northamptonshire!Regiment.!Killed!in!action!on!Saturday!1st!July!1916.!Born!at!Woburn!Sands,!Bedfordshire!and!enlisted!at!Kettering,!
Northamptonshire.!Husband!of!Mrs!Keep!of!10!Leskinnick!Place,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Dantzig!
Alley!British!Cemetery,!Mametz,!Somme,!France!(V.S.7).!Listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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KELYNACK,!Richard!Henry.!Temporary!Second!Lieutenant.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry,!95th!Brigade,!5th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!4th!October!1917!age!21.!Born!at!London!and!educated!at!Thomas!Street!School,!Limehouse.!Son!of!Captain!Richard!Henry!
Kelynack,!harbourmaster!of!Newlyn,!and!Edith!Kelynack!(nee!Semmens)!of!Loch!Broom,!Newlyn,!
Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Tyne!Cot!Memorial,!Zonnebeke,!Belgium,!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!
in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!On!3rd!October!the!Battalion!was!in!reserve!positions!in!
Sanctuary!Wood!and!that!evening!moved!forward!to!relieve!1st!East!Surreys!in!the!front!line.!The!
move!up!did!not!go!well!as!heavy!enemy!shelling!caused!60!casualties!!on!their!way!up!to!their!assembly!positions.!Heavy!shelling!continued!throughout!the!night.!At!0600!hours!on!4th!October!
the!Battalion,!with!1st!Devons!on!their!right,!1st!East!Surreys!in!close!support!and!12th!Gloucesters!
in!reserve,!commenced!the!attack!on!the!German!lines.!The!ground!was!a!vast!wilderness!of!mud!
and!shell:holes!so!the!going!was!difficult!for!all!concerned.!As!soon!as!they!were!clear!of!the!
trenches!the!assault!waves!came!under!heavy!enfilade!machine:gun!fire!which!checked!the!
advance!but!they!soon!got!going!again!and!captured!over!200!prisoners!and!15!machine:guns.!!
Their!final!objective!was!Juniper!Hill!but!the!position!could!not!be!consolidated!owning!to!the!heavy!artillery!and!machine:gun!fire!which!continued!until!about!1830!hours.!!The!Battalion!held!
the!ground!that!they!had!gained!throughout!the!night!with!no!serious!German!counter!attacks!
and!on!the!following!night!were!relieved!by!1st!Cheshires.!The!action!on!4th!October!is!known!as!
the!Battle!of!Broodseinde.!!
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KELYNACK,!William!(Willie)!Harry.!!Private.!!44619.!!8th!(Service)!Battalion,!Royal!Berkshire!
Regiment!(Princess!Charlotte!of!Wales’s),!53rd!Brigade,!18th!Division.!Formerly!26546!Royal!Warwickshire!Regiment.!Killed!in!action!on!Wednesday!23rd!October!1918!age!19.!Born!at!Paul.!
Son!of!John!and!Annie!Kelynack!of!Duck!Street,!Mousehole,!Penzance.!Prior!to!enlisted!at!Bodmin!
he!was!serving!an!apprenticeship!with!Messrs!T.E.!Wallis!of!Sheffield.!Interred!in!Pommereuil!
British!Cemetery,!Le!Cateau,!Nord,!France!(Grave!D.8).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!
Newlyn!War!Memorial,!Mousehole!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance!and!on!parents!grave!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!William!Kelynack!served!in!C!Company!8th!Royal!Berks!and!on!23rd!October!1918!they!were!!located!in!the!line!near!
Le!Chateau.!The!division!launched!a!major!attack!on!the!German!positions!commencing!with!a!
barrage!at!0120!hours.!The!8th!were!sheltering!in!a!railway!cutting!at!the!time!and,!as!this!was!
within!range!of!German!retaliatory!shellfire,!several!shells!fell!on!them!yielding!15!casualties,!
including!the!Medical!Officer.!They!left!the!cutting!at!0150!hours!with!C!Company!in!the!centre!
and!moved!up!through!the!10th!Essex!and!7th!Royal!West!Kents.!By!0220!hrs!they!were!advancing!over!open!ground!but!when!they!reached!Richemont!River!they!met!strong!machine!gun!fire.!C!
Company,!along!with!men!from!10th!Essex,!made!several!attempts!to!storm!the!German!positions!
and!just!before!dawn,!when!tanks!appeared!on!the!scene,!the!Germans!began!to!retire.!The!8th!
captured!11!field!guns!and!over!20!machine!guns!during!this!day!that!also!saw!the!death!of!
William!Kelynack.!
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KENNETT,!Charles!Richard.!Leading!Seaman!(Boatman!C.G.).!213318.!Royal!Navy.!HM!Submarine!G9.!Drowned!on!active!service!at!sea!on!Sunday!16th!September!1917.!Listed!on!Portsmouth!
Naval!Memorial,!Hampshire!(Panel!24),!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!C9,!a!G!Class!submarine!commissioned!in!1916!and!part!of!the!10th!Flotilla,!was!
accidentally!rammed!and!sunk!by!HMS!Petard,!a!Captain!Class!frigate,!off!the!Norwegian!Coast!
when!mistaken!for!an!enemy!submarine.!There!was!only!one!survivor!from!the!crew!of!31.!
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KEWN,!Samuel!William.!Private.!12972.!8th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!79th!Brigade,!26th!Division.!Died!on!Sunday!20th!October!1918!age!23!of!pneumonia.!Son!of!
Samuel!William!and!Martha!Mary!Kewn.!Born!in!Liverpool!and!enlisted!in!Falmouth!where!he!
gave!his!residence!as!Lowestoft,!Suffolk.!Interred!in!Doiran!Military!Cemetery,!Greece!(V.G.22).!
Listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!8!DCLI!made!their!last!attack!on!the!enemy!on!29th!September!1918!when!they!
assaulted!the!hills!north!west!of!Hamzali.!The!following!morning!news!was!received!of!the!signing!of!an!armistice!by!the!Bulgarians.!!
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KISTLER,!Frank.!Private.!514096.!Royal!Canadian!Regiment,!7th!Brigade,!3rd!Division,!Canadian!
Expeditionary!Force.!Died!of!wounds!on!Monday!26th!August!1918!in!hospital!following!action!at!
Vimy!Ridge!age!23.!Son!of!the!late!Frank!Kistler!of!5!North!Street,!Penzance!and!of!Dora!Kistler!of!
Cleveland!Avenue,!Chiswick,!London.!Born!in!London!and!enlisted!at!Toronto,!Canada!while!
resident!at!617!West!King!Street,!Toronto.!Employed!as!Teamster.!Listed!on!Vimy!Ridge!Memorial,!France,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!the!Canadian!
Books!of!Remembrance,!Ottawa!(1918/443).!!
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KNIGHT,!William!(Willie)!C.!W.!Lance!Corporal.!315809.!1st!Battalion,!Devonshire!Regiment,!95th!
Brigade,!5th!Division.!Died!of!wounds!in!France!on!Monday!21st!October!1918.!Eldest!son!of!Mr!
and!Mrs!T.!Knight!of!Kia:Ora!Villa,!Penzance;!husband!of!!Clara!Millicent!(Milly)!(nee!Mann).!Enlisted!in!Penzance!at!the!outbreak!of!the!war!and!was!later!transferred!from!the!Duke!of!
Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry!(2801!in!DCLI)!to!the!Devons!where!he!became!a!physical!training!
instructor!at!Herne!Bay.!First!saw!active!service!in!Italy!and!then!France!where!he!was!wounded!
in!the!head!on!20th!October!1918!and!died!the!following!day.!Interred!in!Rocquigny:Equancourt!
Road!British!Cemetery,!Manancourt,!Somme,!France!(XIV.A.16).!Listed!on!Penzance!War!
Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!her!parents’!headstone!(William!and!M.!
Mann!of!Penzance)!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!!!
LAITY,!Alfred.!Lance!Corporal.!16149.!2nd!Battalion,!Dorsetshire!Regiment,!16th!Brigade,!Poona!
Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Monday!6th!!March!1916!age!18.!Son!of!Alfred!and!Elizabeth!Alinda!
Laity!of!39!Caldwell!Road,!Penzance.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Amara!War!
Cemetery,!Iraq!(XII.L.1).!Listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!
!LANDRIGGAN,!William.!Air!Mechanic.!Royal!Naval!Air!Service.!HMS!President!II.!Died!on!Saturday!
16th!December!1916!age!26!at!Edmonton!Military!Hospital,!Middlesex!!from!complications!
following!a!chill.!Only!son!of!William!and!Harriet!Landriggan!of!4!Redinnick!Place,!Penzance.!
Listed!on!St!Mary’s!War!Memorial,!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!
in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!!Listed!on!St!John’s!Church!
War!Memorial!as!RAF!but!this!is!an!error!as!the!RAF!was!not!formed!until!1st!April!1918.!!!
LANYON,!Charles!Edward.!Private.!255807.!46th!Battalion,!Canadian!Infantry!(Regina,!
Saskatchewan!Regiment),!10th!Canadian!Infantry!Brigade,!4th!Canadian!Division.!Killed!in!action!
on!Friday!1st!November!1918!age!33!by!a!German!sniper!whilst!attending!to!the!wounded!during!
the!Battle!of!Valenciennes.!Born!at!Perranuthnoe!in!1885.!Youngest!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!John!!
Rudolphus!Lanyon!of!28!Chapel!Street,!Penzance.!Chorister!in!St!Mary’s!Church.!Initially!worked!for!Messrs!Bazeley!and!Son!at!Penzance!and!afterwards!went!to!Canada!where!he!purchased!a!
freehold!farm!at!Alaska,!Saskatchewan!from!the!Government.!!Enlisted!at!Moose!Jaw,!
Saskatchewan!on!27th!May!1916.!Interred!in!Aulnoy!Communal!Cemetery,!Valenciennes,!France!
(B.1.3).!Listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance!and!in!the!Canadian!Books!of!Remembrance,!Ottawa!(1918/445).!This!was!the!
last!set:piece!battle!of!the!war!and!the!46th!was!the!second!wave!formation!following!the!44th!and!
47th,!all!from!the!10th!Brigade.!This!brigade!attack!was!successful!and!Valenciennes!fell!on!2nd!November!with!some!1,380!German!prisoners!into!the!bag!over!the!two!days.!!
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LAVERS,!Charles.!Private.!47322.!1st!Battalion,!Northumberland!Fusiliers,!9th!Brigade,!3rd!
Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Thursday!5th!September!1918!age!36.!Born!at!Paul,!Penzance!and!
enlisted!at!Penzance.!Husband!of!Mabel!Lavers!(nee!Care)!of!Dove!Street,!St!Ives,!Cornwall!and!
brother!of!John!Lavers!(see!below).!Interred!at!Bac:du:Sud!British!Cemetery,!Bailleulval,!near!
Arras,!France!(III.F.20).!Listed!on!St!Ives!War!Memorial!and!on!St!Ives!Parish!Church!(St!Ia!with!St!Andrew)!War!Memorial.!
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LAVERS,!John.!Lance!Corporal.!12984.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!
43rd!Brigade,!14th!(Light)!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Saturday!22nd!September!1917!age!34.!
Resident!of!Garden!Row,!Penzance.!Born!in!Penzance.!Son!of!John!and!Elizabeth!Lavers!of!
Alverton,!Penzance;!brother!of!Charles!Lavers!(see!above).!Before!enlisting!at!Penzance!he!was!employed!by!Mr!Bosence!at!his!tanning!yard!in!Alverton,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Trois!Arbres!
Cemetery,!Steenwerck,!France!(I.Y.35).!Listed!on!St!Mary’s!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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LEADER,!Benjamin!Eastlake.!Captain.!3rd!Battalion,!The!Queens!(Royal!West!Surrey!Regiment)!
attached!to!2nd!Battalion!Duke!of!Wellington’s!(West!Riding!Regiment),!12th!Brigade,!4th!Division.!!
Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!12th!October!1916!age!39.!!Eldest!son!of!Benjamin!Williams!Leader!RA!(Artist)!and!!Mary!!Leader!(nee!Eastlake)!of!Burrows!Cross,!Gomshall,!Guildford;!husband!of!
Isabella!Leader!of!Rosemerrin,!St!Buryan,!Cornwall.!A!noted!landscape!painter!himself.!Educated!
at!Charterhouse!and!Cambridge.!He!was!a!member!of!the!Newlyn!School!and!had!his!studio!at!
Rosemerrin.!Listed!on!the!Thiepval!Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!and!Face!5D!and!6D)!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Also!listed!on!a!plaque!within!St!Buryan!Church,!on!St!Buryan!
Church!War!Memorial!and!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!but!spelt!LENDER.!!!
LEAH,!William!(Willie)!Thomas.!Stoker!1st!Class.!K/30991.!Royal!Navy.!Late!of!HMS!Sprightly.!
Died!on!Saturday!19th!October!1918!age!22!through!service!in!the!war.!Eldest!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!
W.!Thomas!Leah!of!Castle!Gate,!Ludgvan,!Cornwall.!Interred!in!Ludgvan!Church!Cemetery!(M16).!
Listed!on!Ludgvan!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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LEGG,!Arthur!Rosevear.!Private.!33662.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!95th!Brigade,!5th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!4th!October!1917!age!32.!House!painter!by!
trade.!Son!of!Elizabeth!Legg;!husband!of!Mrs!Legg!(nee!Inch)!of!28!Daniel!Place,!Penzance.!Born!
and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Painter!and!house!decorator!by!trade.!Sunday!School!teacher!at!Chapel!
Street!Methodist!Church.!Listed!on!the!Tyne!Cot!Memorial,!Belgium!(Panel!80!to!82!and!163A).!
Also!listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Chapel!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!
Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!On!3rd!October!the!Battalion!
was!in!reserve!positions!in!Sanctuary!Wood!and!that!evening!moved!forward!to!relieve!1st!East!Surreys!in!the!front!line.!The!move!up!did!not!go!well!as!heavy!enemy!shelling!caused!60!
casualties!!on!their!way!up!to!their!assembly!positions.!Heavy!shelling!continued!throughout!the!
night.!At!0600!hours!on!4th!October!the!Battalion,!with!1st!Devons!on!their!right,!1st!East!Surreys!
in!close!support!and!12th!Gloucesters!in!reserve,!commenced!the!attack!on!the!German!lines.!The!
ground!was!a!vast!wilderness!of!mud!and!shell:holes!so!the!going!was!difficult!for!all!concerned.!
As!soon!as!they!were!clear!of!the!trenches!the!assault!waves!came!under!heavy!enfilade!machine:gun!fire!which!checked!the!advance!but!they!soon!got!going!again!and!captured!over!200!
prisoners!and!15!machine:guns.!!Their!final!objective!was!Juniper!Hill!but!the!position!could!not!
be!consolidated!owning!to!the!heavy!artillery!and!machine:gun!fire!which!continued!until!about!
1830!hours.!!The!Battalion!held!the!ground!that!they!had!gained!throughout!the!night!with!no!
serious!German!counter!attacks!and!on!the!following!night!were!relieved!by!1st!Cheshires.!The!
action!on!4th!October!is!known!as!the!Battle!of!Broodseinde.!!!
LEGG,!George.!Bombardier.!191062.!“N”!Anti:Aircraft!Battery,!Royal!Garrison!Artillery.!Killed!in!
action!on!Friday!3rd!May!1918!age!27!in!France.!Native!of!Eastgate,!Chichester,!Sussex.!Enlisted!at!
Chichester.!Son!of!James!and!Ellen!Legg;!husband!of!Ethel!Legg!of!Gurnick!Street,!Mousehole,!
Penzance.!Interred!in!Mailly!Wood!Cemetery,!Somme,!France!(II.J.5).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!LUKE,!Alfred.!Private.!202123.!1/4th!Battalion!(Territorial!Force),!Hampshire!Regiment,!36th!
Indian!Brigade,!14th!Indian!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!5th!February!1917!age!21!in!
Mesopotamia.!Son!of!the!late!John!Henry!Luke!and!of!Martha!Harriet!Luke!of!14!Caldwells!Road,!
Penzance,!Cornwall!and!previously!of!13!Penwith!Street,!Penzance.!Born!in!St!Paul’s,!Penzance!
and!enlisted!in!Penzance!soon!after!the!outbreak!of!war.!Listed!on!the!Basra!Memorial,!Iraq!
(Panels!21!and!63).!Also!listed!on!St!Paul’s!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!Penzance!
Baptist!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!his!parents’!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!!
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MACKENZIE,!John!Drew.!Corporal.!727465.!52nd!Special!Service!Company,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!
Light!Infantry.!Died!on!Monday!22nd!July!1918!of!pneumonia!following!influenza!age!57.!Born!at!
Shanghai,!China.!Resident!at!2!Antoine!Terrace,!Jack!Lane,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Educated!at!Clifton!
School!and!came!to!live!in!Newlyn!in!1888.!Artist/Art!Metal!Worker.!Designed!the!beaten!copper!front!of!the!Passmore!Edwards!Art!Gallery,!Newyn!and!was!a!lay!reader!at!Paul!Church.!Interred!
in!Hanwell!Cemetery,!Kensington,!Middlesex!(81A.66!and!67).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!
in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial.!
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MADDERN,!Herbert.!Private.!16753.!B!Company,!7th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry,!61st!Brigade,!20th!(Light)!Division.!!Born!in!Paul!and!enlisted!in!Penzance!in!November!
1914.!Joined!7!DCLI!which!was!accommodated!under!canvas!near!Woking,!Surrey.!!The!Battalion!sailed!for!France!on!26th!/27th!July!1915!as!part!of!the!61st!Brigade.!On!16th!September!1916!the!
Battalion!took!part!in!very!heavy!fighting!between!the!villages!of!Flers!and!Courcelette!on!the!
Somme!front.!The!attack!achieved!success!but!at!a!heavy!cost!with!the!Battalion!losing!10!officers!
and!170!soldiers!killed,!wounded!or!missing.!Herbert!was!one!of!the!wounded!but!died!at!
Bethnal!Green!Hospital,!London!on!Friday!22nd!September!1916!age!21!from!his!wounds.!Third!
son!of!James!and!Sarah!Maddern!of!Eden!Gardens!and!later!of!4!Parc!Terrace,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul!(1077)!on!27th!September!1916!with!full!military!
honours.!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!in!Centenary!Primitive!
Methodist!Church,!Gwavas!Road,!Newlyn!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Herbert!was!a!
cousin!of!Able!Seaman!William!Maddern!who!is!listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial.!!
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MADDERN,!William!Thomas.!Private.!33377.!A!Company,!8th!(Service)!Battalion,!Devonshire!
Regiment.!Formerly!with!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Killed!in!action!in!France!Wednesday!9th!May!1917!age!20!by!shell!burst.!Eldest!son!of!William!and!Mary!Maddern!of!53!St!James!
Street,!Penzance.!Born!in!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Penzance!in!April!1916.!Listed!on!the!Arras!
Memorial,!France!(Bay!4),!Penzance!War!Memorial,!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parents’!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!Parents!headstone!also!
lists!their!second!son!James!Richard.!Second!Steward.!Merchant!Navy.!SS!Boyne.!Died!of!
sunstroke!in!Calcutta!Hospital,!India!on!22nd!May!1921!age!21.!
!MADDERN,!William!Wolseley.!Able!Seaman.!Bristol!Z/966.!Royal!Naval!Volunteer!Reserve.!Anson!
Battalion,!188th!Brigade,!63rd!(Royal!Naval)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!13th!November!
1916!age!19!on!the!first!day!of!the!Battle!of!the!Ancre.!Born!6th!August!1896.!Employed!as!a!pony!
and!cart!driver!before!enlisting!on!1st!July!1915.!Served!with!his!battalion!at!Gallipoli.!Son!of!
William!Leah!and!Jane!Maddern!of!Jack!Lane,!Paul!Hill,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Thiepval!
Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!and!Face!1A),!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parents’!grave!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!The!Battle!of!the!
Ancre,!an!attack!by!five!divisions!including!the!Royal!Naval!Division,!commenced!at!0545!hours!
on!the!13th!November!1916.!It!was!a!misty!day!when!the!leading!battalions!went!over!the!top!and!
advanced!behind!a!creeping!barrage!with!the!objective!of!the!RND!being!the!village!of!Beaucourt!
and!the!intervening!strong!points!and!trenches.!The!battle!raged!throughout!that!day!and!the!
following!one!and!Beaucourt!was!finally!taken!later!that!afternoon.!The!RND!was!relieved!in!the!line!on!the!15th!and!withdrawn!to!the!neighbourhood!of!Rue!for!two!months!rest!and!
reorganisation.!During!the!month!of!November!the!RND!had!lost!100!officers!and!1,600!men!
killed!and!160!officers!and!2,377!men!wounded.!
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MADDRELL,!John!Denys!Hugh.!Lieutenant.!1/5th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry,!61st!(2nd!South!Midland)!Division!(as!Pioneer!Battalion).!Died!of!wounds!received!on!the!
Somme!on!Wednesday!13th!December!1916!age!19!at!the!Duchess!of!Westminster’s!Hospital,!Le!Touquet,!France.!Educated!at!High!School,!Penzance,!Mr!MacIvor!Bassett’s!preparatory!school,!
Lelant!and!St!John’s!School,!Leatherhead.!He!was!a!scholar!(choral)!of!King’s!College,!Cambridge.!
Native!of!Truro.!Son!of!Canon!Thomas!Fisher!Maddrell!and!Florence!Elizabeth!Maddrell!of!Gulval!
Vicarage,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Etaples!Military!Cemetery,!Pas!de!Calais,!France!(I.B.77).!Listed!
on!Gulval!Church!War!Memorial,!including!family!plaque,!on!Gulval!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!On!17th!November!the!battalion!moved!to!dug:outs!between!
Contalmaison!and!Pozieres!for!attachment!to!the!4th!Canadian!Division.!The!Canadians!were!attacking!the!enemy!and!a!party!of!375!all!ranks!was!sent!to!assist!them!in!consolidating!ground!
won.!On!the!22nd!Lieutenant!Maddrell!and!five!other!ranks!were!wounded.!
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MAJOR,!Barzillai.!Private.!20277.!3/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Died!on!
Saturday!2nd!October!1915!age!61!at!Dorset!County!Hospital,!Dorchester!after!a!long!illness.!Son!
of!Barzillai!and!Sophia!Major!of!Trevarack,!Gulval;!husband!of!Susan!Hewett!Major!of!19!Penlee!Street,!Penzance.!Born!in!Gulval!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Had!seen!active!service!in!the!Royal!
Navy!and!was!present!at!the!bombardment!of!Alexandria.!Served!in!the!Egyptian!campaign!and!
received!the!Zulu!medal,!the!Egyptian!medal!and!star!and!the!Long!Service!and!Good!Conduct!
medal.!He!was!awarded!a!life:saving!medal!from!the!King!of!Norway!for!assisting!in!saving!the!
crew!of!the!Norwegian!barque,!Enoleas.!Interred!in!Fordington!Cemetery,!Dorchester!(New.241).!
Listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!
MALONE,!Brian!Wilmot!L’Estrange.!Lieutenant.!1st!Battalion,!Devonshire!Regiment,!95th!Brigade,!
5th!Division.!Killed!in!action!leading!his!company!during!the!attack!at!La!Coulotte!on!Monday!23rd!
April!1917!age!20.!Educated!at!Rugby!and!RMA!Sandhurst.!Younger!son!of!Lieutenant!Colonel!
and!Mrs!Malone!of!Trevaylor,!near!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Arras!Memorial,!France!(Bay!4)!and!
also!on!Gulval!Church!War!Memorial.!The!attack,!against!strong!enemy!positions,!achieved!little!and!resulted!in!heavy!casualties!with!over!70!killed/missing!and!245!wounded.!
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MARTIN,!Jabez.!Lance!Corporal.!73989.!28th!(Winnipeg,!Manitoba)!Battalion,!6th!Brigade,!2nd!
Division,!Canadian!Expeditionary!Force.!Wounded!in!France!on!Friday!15th!September!1916!
during!a!charge!by!the!Canadians!in!the!Battle!of!the!Somme!but!died!at!the!2nd!Northern!
Hospital,!Leeds!on!1st!October!1916!age!36.!Educated!at!Truro!School,!Cornwall.!!Born!at!
Columbo,!Ceylon.!Previously!served!for!two!years!as!a!volunteer!with!5th!Devons.!Stenographer!by!trade.!Emigrated!to!Canada!in!Summer!of!1912!and!home:steaded!at!Medrose!Farm,!Marshall,!
Saskatchewan.!Enlisted!at!Saskatoon,!Saskatchewan,!Canada!on!26th!October!1914.!Second!son!of!
Alfred!and!Mina!Martin!of!Melrose!Cottage,!Penzance!and!later!of!Rosevean!Villa,!Penzance.!He!
suffered!a!compound!fracture!of!his!left!thigh!which!lead!to!secondary!haemorrhage,!which!in!
turn!lead!to!the!amputation!of!his!leg,!from!which!he!did!not!recover.!Interred!in!Penzance!
Cemetery,!Cornwall!(Q13.6)!on!5th!October!1916.!The!Canadian!Government!sent!an!oak!cross!for!
erection!over!his!grave.!Listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial,!Penzance!Baptist!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Also!listed!in!the!Canadian!Books!of!
Remembrance,!Ottawa!(1916/133)!and!on!Truro!School!War!Memorial.!
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MATTHEWS,!Martin.!Petty!Officer.!2199C.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Trawler!Evadne!(H!945).!Lost!
at!sea!through!enemy!action!when!his!trawler!was!mined!off!the!Owens!Lightship,!Dover!Straits!
while!on!patrol!service,!on!Tuesday!27th!February!1917!aged!36!years.!Son!of!Thomas!and!Mary!Martha!Matthews!of!Mousehole;!husband!of!Lizzie!Mary!Matthews!of!Mill!Lane,!Mousehole,!
Penzance,!Cornwall.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!23),!Paul!Church!War!
Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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MATTHEWS,!Noel.!Seaman.!1616D.!!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Goliath.!Lost!at!sea!through!
enemy!action!on!Thursday!13th!May!1915!aged!40.!Son!of!Noel!and!Elizabeth!Matthews!of!Newlyn;!husband!of!Blanche!H.!Matthews,!Fore!Street,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!
Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!8).!Also!listed!in!Centenary!Methodist!Church,!Newlyn,!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial.!HMS!Goliath,!a!Canopus!class!
battleship,!was!sunk!on!13th!May!1915!by!a!Turkish!torpedo!boat!off!Cape!Helles,!Gallipoli!with!
the!loss!of!over!500!crew.!
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MATTHEWS,!Sidney!Harold.!Private.!27691.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!43rd!Brigade,!14th!(Light)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Saturday!12th!May!1917!age!21.!
Third!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Ernest!Matthews!of!Hea!Cottages,!Heamoor,!Penzance.!Born!in!Madron!
and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Formerly!23995!Somerset!Light!Infantry.!Interred!in!Wancourt!British!
Cemetery,!Arras,!France!(I.C.4).!Listed!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour!and!on!Penzance,!Heamoor!(St!
Thomas’!Church)!and!on!Madron!War!Memorials.!
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MATTHEWS,!Walter!John.!Sergeant.!502.!8th!Platoon,!B!Company,!4th!Battalion,!South!African!(Scottish)!Regiment,!1st!South!African!Infantry!Brigade,!9th!(Scottish)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!
Saturday!15th!July!1916!age!40.!Eldest!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Matthews!of!4!Windsor!Terrace,!
Penzance,!Cornwall.!Listed!on!the!Thiepval!Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!and!Face!4C),!on!St!
Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Served!his!newspaper!
apprenticeship!at!the!offices!of!the!Cornishman,!Penzance.!At!the!outbreak!of!the!Boer!War!he!
volunteered!and!served!throughout!uninjured.!Remained!in!South!Africa!and!was!employed!in!the!Government!printing!office!in!Pretoria.!Joined!the!South!African!Army!in!1914!and!served!in!
England!and!Egypt!prior!to!France.!He!was!killed!during!an!attack!on!Delville!Wood.!!
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McFADYEAN,!Ronald.!Lance!Corporal.!S/24769.!7th!(Service)!Battalion,!Seaforth!Highlanders!
(Ross:shire!Buffs,!the!Duke!of!Albany’s),!26th!Brigade,!9th!(Scottish)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!
Sunday!21st!July!1918!age!19!by!an!enemy!shell!while!his!company!was!being!relieved!in!the!line!
at!Bailluel.!Eldest!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Thomas!McFadyean!of!9!Penare!Road,!Penzance.!Formerly!TR/1/13227!Territorial!Reserve!Battalion.!Born!in!Penzance!and!educated!at!Penzance!County!
School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School).!Ronald!was!in!Trelawney!House,!where!in!his!final!
year!he!was!the!school’s!Daily!Observer!of!Meteoroligical!Observations.!He!was!known!as!the!
terror!of!the!bully!and!the!upholder!of!the!weak.!He!left!at!the!end!of!the!Christmas!term!1914!
and!was!employed!on!the!staff!of!the!Capital!and!Counties!Bank!at!Redruth!and!later!near!
Cambridge.!Listed!on!the!Ploegsteert!Memorial,!Ypres,!Belgium!(Panel!9).!Also!listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial,!Humphry!Davy!School!War!Memorial,!Penzance!Baptist!Church!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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MEADOWS,!Robert.!Private.!11049.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry!
attached!3rd!(City!of!London)!Battalion!(Royal!Fusiliers),!London!Regiment,!173rd!Brigade,!58th!
(2/1st!London)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Wednesday!24th!April!1918!age!27.!Son!of!Horace!and!
Mary!Meadows!of!Church!Street,!Blythburgh,!Sufflok;!husband!of!Gertrude!Meadows!of!2!Under!Chapel!Yard,!Penzance.!Born!in!Blythburgh!and!enlisted!in!London.!Listed!on!the!Pozieres!
Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Panel!45),!Madron!War!Memorial,!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!
Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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MILDREN,!James.!!Private.!45928.!8th!(Service)!Battalion,!Royal!Berkshire!Regiment!(Princess!
Charlotte!of!Wales’s),!53rd!Brigade,!18th!(Eastern)!Division.!!Enlisted!at!Truro.!Killed!in!action!on!
Sunday!27th!October!1918!age!18.!!Son!of!William!amd!Sarah!Ann!Mildren!of!Tradavoe,!Paul,!Penzance.!Born!in!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Truro.!Listed!on!the!Vis:en:Artois!Memorial,!Arras,!
Pas!de!Calais,!France!(Panel!7),!on!headstone!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul,!on!Paul!Church!
War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!James!Mildren’s!regimental!number!
indicates!that!he!was!amongst!a!batch!of!young!soldiers!who!were!transferred!in!the!field!in!
August!1918!in!order!to!bring!8th!Royal!Berks!up!to!strength!following!it’s!severe!mauling!during!
the!German!Spring!Offensive!of!March!1918.!James!Mildren!was!engaged!in!the!same!action!as!William!Kelynack!(see!above)!and!was!most!likely!killed!when!8th!Royal!Berks!attacked!German!
positions!along!the!Englefontaine!to!Robersart!road!where!the!battalion!incurred!heavy!
casualties.!The!action!occurred!on!26th!October!and!it!is!possible!that!his!death!was!not!reported!
until!the!following!day!when!the!battalion!was!relieved!by!7th!Royal!West!Kents.!!!
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MITCHELL,!Gordon.!Private.!18924.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!95th!Brigade,!5th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!20th!July!1916!age!19.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Mitchell!of!7!
Sandy!Bank,!Penzance.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Thiepval!Memorial,!Somme,!
France!(Pier!and!Face!6B).!Listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!
and!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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MOLLARD,!Ernest.!Private.!T/243083.!7th!(Service)!Battalion,!The!Queen’s!(Royal!West!Surrey!
Regiment),!55th!Brigade,!18th!(Eastern)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!11th!October!1917!age!28.!Son!of!Caroline!Mollard!of!57!Richmond!Street,!Heamoor,!Penzance;!husband!of!Mary!
Quick!(nee!Mollard)!of!8!Pool!Field,!Heamoor!and!later!of!Connor!Downs,!Hayle.!Born!in!Madron!
and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Tyne!Cot!Memorial,!Ypres,!Belgium!(Panel!14!to!17!and!
162!to!162A),!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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MOORE,!Arthur!Owen.!Private.!44279.!2/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Royal!Berkshire!Regiment.!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!11th!August!1918!age!19.!Son!of!Mr!N!G!and!Mrs!E!Moore!of!Kingsbridge,!Devon.!
Born!in!Thurstone,!Devon!and!enlisted!in!Penzance!while!resident!in!Madron.!Interred!in!
Merville!Communal!Cemetery!Extension,!France!(I.F.34).!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!
Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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MOUNTER,!Edwin!Charles.!Sapper.!386852.!4th!Siege!Company,!Royal!Monmouthshire!Royal!Engineers,!Corps!of!Royal!Engineers.!Killed!in!action!on!Wednesday!30th!October!1918!age!50.!
Husband!of!Mrs!S.A.!Mounter!of!10!Parade!Street,!Penzance.!Born!in!Devonport!and!enlisted!in!
Penzance.!Interred!in!Croix!Churchyard,!Le!Cateau,!France!(A.2).!Listed!on!Redruth!and!Penzance!
War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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MOWAT,!Malcolm.!Private.!19093.!2nd!(Eastern!Ontario)!Battalion,!1st!Brigade,!1st!Division,!
Canadian!Expeditionary!Force.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!22nd!April!1915!age!27!at!Ypres!during!the!battle!for!Hill!60.!Youngest!son!of!John!and!Mary!Mowat!of!5!St.!Warren!Street,!Barwis!
Hill,!Penzance!and!later!of!Market!Jew!Street!and!8!Mount!Street,!Penzance.!Born!Penzance!4th!
February!1888!and!emigrated!to!Canada!in!1910.!Mason/bricklayer!by!trade.!Attested!at!
Valcartier,!Canada!on!22nd!September!1914.!Listed!on!the!Menin!Gate!Memorial,!Ypres,!Belgium!
(Panel!10:18:26:28).!Also!listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!in!the!Canadian!Books!of!Remembrance,!Ottawa!(1915/29).!Hill!60!suffered!an!extremely!turbulent!history!throughout!the!war.!Heavily!shelled!and!mined!by!
both!sides,!the!ground!forming!Hill!60!:!literally!60!metres!above!sea!level!:!remains!to!this!day!
the!final!resting!place!for!countless!soldiers!buried!beneath!its!grassy!foundations.!The!hill!is!
actually!the!man:made!result!of!spoil!from!a!nearby!railway!cutting!but!it!proved!an!invaluable!
vantage!point!and!so!was!much!sought!and!fought!after!by!the!allied!and!German!forces.!It!
frequently!changed!hands.!It!was!taken!from!the!French!by!German!forces!in!late!1914,!
recaptured!by!the!British!in!April!1915,!retaken!by!the!Germans!in!May!1916,!back!to!the!British!in!June!1917,!retaken!by!the!Germans!in!April!1918!and!finally!recaptured!by!the!British!in!
September!1918.!!
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MULCAHY,!Daniel.!Warrant!Officer!II!(Battery!Sergeant!Major).!98217.!Royal!Garrison!Artillery.!
Killed!in!action!on!Monday!4th!June!1917!age!42.!Husband!of!Margaret!Mulcahy!of!34!Alma!Place,!
Penzance!and!also!of!Easter!Road!Barracks,!Edinburgh,!Scotland.!Born!in!Cork,!Ireland!and!
enlisted!in!Penzance.!Served!in!Mashona!Land!1896!and!in!the!South!African!Campaign.!Interred!in!Kemmel!Chateau!Military!Cemetery,!Ypres,!Belgium!(M.37).!Listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!
and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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NICHOLLS,!Alfred!Henry.!Private.!345263.!16th!(Royal!1st!Devon!&!Royal!North!Devon!Yeomanry)!
Battalion!(T.F.),!Devonshire!Regiment,!229th!Brigade,!74th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!2nd!
September!1918!age!26.!Enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Peronne,!Communal!Cemetery!Extension,!Somme,!France!(III.B.34).!Listed!on!Gulval!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Roll!
of!Honour.!
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NICHOLLS,!Charles!Henry.!Lance!Corporal.!14115.!2nd!Battalion,!Royal!Dublin!Fusiliers,!149th!
Brigade,!50th!(Northumbrian)!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Saturday!19th!October!1918!age!27.!!
Only!son!of!!Sampson!and!Catherine!Nicholls!of!23!Quay!Street,!Penzance;!husband!of!Mrs!L.!Nicholls!of!5!White!Cottages,!Newton!Abbott,!Devon.!Born!in!Gulval!and!enlisted!in!Bodmin.!
Interred!in!Etaples!Military!Cemetery,!France!(LXV.J.18).!Listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parents’!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
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NICHOLLS,!William!(Willie)!Charles.!Private.!19427.!A!Company,!1st!Battalion,!Welsh!Regiment,!
84th!Brigade,!28th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Tuesday!25th!May!1915!age!35.!Only!son!of!William!
Charles!and!Elizabeth!J.!Nicholls!of!8!High!Street,!Penzance,!Cornwall;!husband!of!Alice!Maud!Nicholls!of!64!Commercial!Street,!Maesteg,!Bridgend,!Glamorgan,!South!Wales!and!father!of!six!
young!sons.!Born!in!Penzance.!He!enlisted!in!Maesteg!on!the!outbreak!of!war.!Listed!on!the!
Menin!Gate!Memorial,!Ypres,!Belgium!(Panel!37).!Also!listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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NICHOLSON,!William!James.!Private.!723.!42nd!(Queensland)!Battalion,!11th!Infantry!Brigade,!3rd!
Division,!Australian!Imperial!Force.!Formerly!with!13th!/12th!Machine!Gun!Company.!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!10th!February!1918!age!33.!Son!of!John!and!Elizabeth!Nicholson!of!1!Polmennor!
Terrace,!Heamoor,!Penzance.!Born!in!Wooler,!Northumberland,!educated!at!Staverton,!near!
Totnes,!Devon!and!emigrated!to!Australia!!in!1909.!A!noted!cricketer.!Enlisted!at!Richmond,!
Queensland!on!8th!December!1916.!!Prior!to!this!was!employed!as!a!stockman!at!Burleigh!Horse!
&!Cattle!Station.!Sailed!for!Europe!from!Melbourne!on!the!HMAT!Suevic!on!21st!June!1917.!
Interred!in!Lancashire!Cottage!Cemetery,!Ypres,!Belgium!(III.D.8).!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!Panel!
135!of!the!Australian!War!Memorial,!Canberra,!Australia.!
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NOBLE,!Robert!(Bob)!Curnow.!Private.!18598.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!
95th!Brigade,!5th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!4th!July!1915!age!17.!Shot!in!the!head!and!
died!instantly.!Youngest!son!of!Samuel!and!Nannie!Noble!of!Trythall!House,!New!Mill,!Gulval,!
Penzance.!Born!in!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Bodmin!while!resident!at!Trewarthnick,!Grampound!Road.!Interred!in!First!DCLI!Cemetery,!The!Bluff,!Ypres,!Belgium!(A.17).!Listed!on!Gulval!Church!
War!Memorial!and!Gulval!War!Memorial.!Former!employee!of!the!Cornish!Evening!Tidings.!The!
Battalion!went!into!the!line!on!25th!April!and!were!relieved!91!days!later!on!24th!July!which!was!
of!the!longest!periods!undertaken!by!any!battalion!during!the!war.!During!this!time!the!Battalion!
lost!59!officers!and!soldiers!killed!and!just!over!300!wounded.!
!NOBLE,!William!Gordon.!Private.!865345.!44th!(Winnipeg,!Manitoba)!Battalion,!10th!Brigade,!4th!
Division,!Canadian!Expeditionary!Force.!Killed!in!action!on!Saturday!10th!August!1918!age!28.!
Interred!in!Warvillers!Churchyard!Extension,!Bouchoir,!Somme,!France!(A.19).!Listed!on!Gulval!
Church!War!Memorial,!Gulval!War!Memorial!and!in!the!Canadian!Books!of!Remembrance,!Ottawa!
(1918/478).!On!8th!August!British,!Australian!and!Canadian!Corps,!a!total!of!twelve!divisions,!
attacked!the!German!positions!along!an!eleven!mile!front,!east!of!Amiens.!The!enemy!were!taken!
by!surprise!and!suffered!over!30,000!casualties.!By!late!on!the!12th!Allied!infantry!had!reached!the!old!German!Somme!defences!of!1916.!
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NOWELL,!Francis!(Frank)!Arthur!Grylls.!Private.!18351.!10th!(Service)!Battalion,!West!Yorkshire!
Regiment!(Prince!of!Wales’s!Own),!50th!Brigade,!17th!(Northern)!Division.!!Killed!in!action!on!
Saturday!1st!July!1916!age!26.!Son!of!Francis!Nowell!of!Devonport!and!Mary!Nowell!who!had!
been!born!in!Newlyn.!Born!in!Devonport!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!!Listed!on!the!Thiepval!
Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!and!Face!2A,!2C!and!2D)!and!on!his!mother’s!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!Also!listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!(Note::!On!the!memorial!scroll!in!Centenary!Methodist!Church,!Newlyn!there!is!a!
Frank!Noel!of!DCLI!listed!as!KIA!in!France!:!but!no!other!reference!has!been!found!to!date).!!
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NOY,!Edward!Gordon.!Private.!26317.!5th!(Reserve)!Battalion,!Royal!Warwickshire!Regiment,!Tyne!Garrison.!Drowned!in!a!bathing!fatality!involving!an!officer!and!seven!privates!at!Blyth,!
Northumberland!on!Friday!24th!August!1917!age!18.!Son!of!Thomas!and!Edith!Noy!of!New!Mill,!
Penzance;!brother!of!Gunner!Thomas!Stanley!Noy!(see!below).!Enlisted!in!Penzance!in!February!
1917!when!serving!an!apprenticeship!with!Mr!T.!Hugo,!outfitter,!of!Penzance.!!Interred!in!St!
Gulval!Church!Cemetery,!Gulval,!Penzance!(H.148).!Listed!on!Gulval!War!Memorial,!Gulval!Church!
War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!!
NOY,!Thomas!Stanley.!Gunner.!133040.!275th!Siege!Battery,!Royal!Garrison!Artillery.!Killed!in!
action!on!Saturday!29th!September!1917!age!26.!Son!of!Thomas!and!Edith!Noy!of!New!Mill,!
Penzance;!brother!of!Private!Edward!Gordon!Noy!(see!above).!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!
Interred!in!The!Hut!Cemetery,!Ypres,!France!(VIII.C.11).!Listed!on!Gulval!Church!War!Memorial!
and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!
!OLDS,!William!Leslie.!Third!Engineer.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Lydie!(London).!Lost!at!sea!through!
enemy!action!on!Saturday!9th!February!1918!aged!23.!Son!of!Thomas!Henry!(Hairdresser)!and!
Mary!Ann!Olds!of!Strand,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London,!on!Newlyn!
War!Memorial!and!on!parents’!grave!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!Also!listed!in!
Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!SS!Lydie,!a!defensively!armed!collier!of!2,559!tons,!was!torpedoed!and!
sunk!on!9th!February!1918!by!German!submarine!U53!one!mile!SE!of!Manacles!Buoy,!Falmouth!
with!the!loss!of!two!crew.!!!
OLIVER,!John.!Bombardier.!288.!Canadian!Field!Artillery.!Died!on!Friday!2nd!July!1920!age!36.!Son!
of!James!Saundry!Oliver!and!Emma!Oliver!of!42!Liskinnick!Terrace,!Penzance;!husband!of!
Thuriza!Oliver!of!287!Waverley!Road,!Toronto,!Ontario,!Canada;!brother!of!Ted!(see!below).!Born!
at!Penzance!on!7th!April!1884.!Enlisted!at!Toronto!on!24th!February!1915.!Stone!mason!by!trade.!
Interred!in!Toronto!(St!John’s!Norway)!Cemetery,!Kingston!Road,!Toronto!(Range!19,!Sec!7,!Lot!55).!Listed!in!the!Canadian!Books!of!Remembrance,!Ottawa!(1920/552)!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!
Honour.!!
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OLIVER,!Thomas!Edward!(Ted).!Lance!Corporal.!79356.!31st!(Calgary,!Alberta)!Battalion,!6th!
Brigade,!2nd!Division,!Canadian!Expeditionary!Force!.!Killed!in!action!on!Friday!15th!September!
1916!age!24.!Previously!served!three!years!as!a!volunteer!in!2nd!Battalion!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!
Light!Infantry.!!Son!of!James!Saundry!Oliver!and!Emma!Oliver!of!42!Leskinnick!Terrace,!Penzance;!brother!of!John!(see!above).!Born!at!Penzance!22/10/90.!Enlisted!at!Claresholm,!
Alberta!on!18/11/14.!Locomotive!fireman!by!trade.!Listed!on!the!Vimy!Ridge!Memorial,!Arras,!
France!and!in!the!Canadian!Books!of!Remembrance,!Ottawa!(1916/).!Also!listed!on!Penzance!
War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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OSBORNE,!Ernest.!Private.!55472.!10th!(Service)!Battalion!(1st!Rhondda),!Welsh!Regiment,!114th!Brigade,!38th!(Welsh)!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Friday!7th!September!1917!age!25.!Husband!of!
Ada!Osborne!formerly!of!Polkinghorne,!Gulval!and!later!of!Bay!Biscay,!New!Mill,!Penzance.!
Formerly!35393!Somerset!Light!Infantry.!Born!in!Gulval!and!enlisted!in!Bodmin.!Interred!in!
Dozinghem!Military!Cemetery,!Poperinge,!Belgium!(V.B.7).!Listed!on!Gulval!Church!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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OSBORNE,!Thomas!Henry.!Deck!Boy.!665SBD.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Trawler!Gambri!(GY!992).!Lost!at!sea!on!Friday!18th!January!1918.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!
29),!Madron!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HM!Trawler!Gambri!was!
converted!to!a!minesweeper!and!mined!off!the!Sovereign!Light!Vessel,!Sussex!on!18th!January!
1918.!
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PADDY,!Edwin!Albert!Kelynack.!Chief!Petty!Officer.!Royal!Navy.!Son!of!William!Paddy!and!
Frances!Paddy!(nee!Kelynack);!husband!of!Mary!Pellew!of!19!Bellevue!Terrace,!Penzance.!Born!in!1866!and!died!in!June!1919.!Entered!the!RN!in!April!1987.!Listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!
in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!!
!PARSONS,!Bernard!Osborne.!Steward.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Coath!(Penzance)!formerly!SS!Skerryvose!(Glasgow).!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Wednesday!13th!December!1916!age!
34.!Son!of!Leonard!and!Elizabeth!Parsons;!husband!of!Elizabeth!Ellen!Parsons!of!1!St!Philip!
Street,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London,!Transport!War!Memorial,!Newhaven,!
East!Sussex!(North!panel)!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!SS!Coath!was!originally!
presumed!sunk!by!a!mine!in!the!English!Channel!on!13th!December!1916,!with!the!loss!of!16!
crew,!but!now!believed!to!have!been!torpedoed!and!sunk!by!the!German!submarine!UB:38!off!
Beachy!Head,!East!Sussex!en!route!Eastbourne!to!Le!Havre,!France!with!a!cargo!of!arms!and!ammunition.!In!1904!she!had!collided!with!and!sank!the!RN!submarine!A9!off!Plymouth,!Devon!
but!with!no!casualties!on!either!vessel.!
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PARSONS,!Henry!Thomas.!Private.!27856.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Wiltshire!Regiment!(Duke!of!
Edinburgh’s),!42nd!Brigade,!14th!Division.!Died!on!Saturday!31st!August!1918.!Formerly!30743!
Dorsetshire!Regiment.!Born!in!Madron!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!Premont!British!Cemetery,!Aisne,!France!(IV.A.19).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!Chapel!
Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial.!
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PASCOE,!Frederick!(Fred).!Private.!200887.!1/4th!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!
234th!Brigade,!75th!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Wednesday!5th!December!1917!in!Egypt!age!26.!
Born!in!St!John’s,!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Son!of!Omar!and!Mary!E.!Pascoe!of!1A!
Leskinnick!Place,!Penzance;!brother!of!Private!Bert!Pascoe,!7!DCLI,!who!had!previously!been!severely!wounded!in!action.!Interred!in!Kantara!War!Memorial!Cemetery,!Egypt!(E.390).!Listed!
in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour!and!on!parents’!grave!in!Penzance!Cemetery!but!date!of!death!differs!
by!three!months?!!
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PASCOE,!Henry!James.!Gunner.!137397.!Royal!Garrison!Artillery.!Died!of!wounds!on!Thursday!
27th!December!1917!age!33.!Son!of!John!and!Louisa!Pascoe!of!17!St!Francis!Street,!Penzance.!
Born!in!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!St!Austell.!Formerly!1311!Cornwall!Royal!Garrison!Artillery.!Interred!in!Etaples!Military!Cemetery,!Boulogne,!France!(XXXI.E.18).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!
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PAUL,!Benjamin!James.!Private.!30824.!2nd!Battalion,!Devonshire!Regiment,!23rd!Brigade,!8th!
Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Thursday!6th!September!1917!age!19.!Eldest!son!of!Richard!and!
Annie!Paul!of!22!Alma!Place,!Heamoor,!Penzance.!Born!in!St!Buryan!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Buried!in!Wimereux!Communal!Cemetery,!Boulogne,!France!(VI.A.14A).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!
of!Remembrance!and!on!Sancreed!War!Memorial.!!
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PAUL,!Edward.!Private.!3/6273.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!95th!Brigade,!5th!
Division.!Killed!in!action!Thursday!4th!October!1917!age!28.!Only!son!of!Frederick!William!
Rabbeth!Paul!and!Edith!Ellen!Paul!of!Carne’s!Buildings,!Penzance!and!later!of!43!Daniel!Place,!
Penzance.!Born!in!St!Mary’s,!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Tyne!Cot!Memorial,!Flanders,!Belgium!(Panel!80!to!82!and!163A).!Also!listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!
Memorial,!Chapel!Street,!Penzance,!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!
On!3rd!October!the!Battalion!was!in!reserve!positions!in!Sanctuary!Wood!and!that!evening!moved!
forward!to!relieve!1st!East!Surreys!in!the!front!line.!The!move!up!did!not!go!well!as!heavy!enemy!
shelling!caused!60!casualties!!on!their!way!up!to!their!assembly!positions.!Heavy!shelling!
continued!throughout!the!night.!At!0600!hours!on!4th!October!the!Battalion,!with!1st!Devons!on!their!right,!1st!East!Surreys!in!close!support!and!12th!Gloucesters!in!reserve,!commenced!the!
attack!on!the!German!lines.!The!ground!was!a!vast!wilderness!of!mud!and!shell:holes!so!the!going!
was!difficult!for!all!concerned.!As!soon!as!they!were!clear!of!the!trenches!the!assault!waves!came!
under!heavy!enfilade!machine:gun!fire!which!checked!the!advance!but!they!soon!got!going!again!
and!captured!over!200!prisoners!and!15!machine:guns.!!Their!final!objective!was!Juniper!Hill!but!
the!position!could!not!be!consolidated!owning!to!the!heavy!artillery!and!machine:gun!fire!which!
continued!until!about!1830!hours.!!The!Battalion!held!the!ground!that!they!had!gained!throughout!the!night!with!no!serious!German!counter!attacks!and!on!the!following!night!were!
relieved!by!1st!Cheshires.!The!action!on!4th!October!is!known!as!the!Battle!of!Broodseinde.!!
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PAUL,!John!Tonkin.!Died!on!Tuesday!9th!May!1916!age!37.!He!contracted!a!cold,!which!developed!
into!consumption!and!eventually!to!his!death.!Husband!of!Mrs!J.!Tonkin!of!13!South!Place,!
Penzance.!A!Reservist!who!on!the!outbreak!of!war!was!called!to!the!colours.!Prior!was!an!
employee!of!Penzance!Corporation.!Interred!Penzance!Cemetery.!!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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PEARCE,!Charles.!Private.!17078.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!43rd!
Brigade,!14th!(Light)!Division.!!Died!of!wounds!on!Wednesday!22nd!September!1915!age!21.!!Son!
of!Thomas!B.!and!Maria!E.!Pearce!of!Bougey!Hill,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Born!in!Paul,!Penzance!and!
enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Lijssenthoek!Military!Cemetery,!Poperinge,!West:Vlaanderen,!Belgium!(III.A.39).!Listed!in!Centenary!Primitive!Methodist!Church,!Gwavas!Road,!Newlyn,!on!
Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!6!DCLI!formed!part!of!the!42nd!Brigade!in!
the!14th!Division.!The!Battalion!was!in!the!line!from!15th!September!in!the!Railway!Wood!sector!
of!the!Ypres!Salient.!Artillery!from!both!sides!was!continually!active!as!was!patrolling.!!
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PEARCE,!Howard!Henry.!Private.!4838.!1/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Hampshire!Regiment,!35th!Indian!
Brigade,!14th!Indian!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Wednesday!10th!May!1916!in!Mesopotamia.!Enlisted!at!Penzance.!Formerly!2950!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Educated!at!Penzance!
County!School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School)!and!believed!to!be!the!first!Penwithian!to!be!
killed!in!the!Great!War.!Interred!in!Amara!War!Cemetery,!Iraq!(XXI.B.17).!Listed!on!St!John’s!
Church!War!Memorial,!Humphry!Davy!School!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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PEARCE,!John.!Leading!Seaman.!1455C.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Berwick.!Died!of!pneumonia!on!Sunday!29th!October!1916!age!45.!!Born!at!Perranuthoe.!Son!of!John!and!Elizabeth!Ann!Pearce!
of!Mousehole;!husband!of!Jane!Frances!Pearce!of!Vivian!Street,!Mousehole,!Penzance.!Interred!in!
Choc!Bay!War!Cemetery,!St!Lucia,!West!Indies!(Row!C,!Grave!16).!Also!listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance!and!on!his!wife’s!headstone!in!Sheffield!Road!Cemetery,!Paul.!HMS!Berwick,!a!
Monmouth!Class!Cruiser,!formed!part!of!the!4th!Cruiser!Squadron!on!the!North!America!and!West!
Indies!Station!during!the!war.!!!!!!
PEARCE,!William!(Bill)!Charles.!Military!Medal.!8182.!Private.1st!Regiment,!South!African!
Infantry,!South!African!Brigade,!9th!(Scottish)!Division.!Enlisted!in!Johannesburg!in!November!
1915.!!Died!of!wounds!on!Wednesday!27th!March!1918!aged!39!years!in!13th!Australian!Hospital,!
Field!Ambulance,!St!Quentin,!France.!!Awarded!MM!for!rescuing!comrades!during!Battle!of!Arras!
April!1917.!!Also!awarded!a!Regimental!Testimony!of!Gallant!Bravery!for!devotion!to!duty!and!
displaying!great!daring!and!presence!of!mind!in!assisting,!under!intense!artillery!and!machine:gun!fire,!to!bring!in!the!wounded!from!“No!Man’s!Land”!later!that!same!year.!Eldest!son!of!
William!Charles!and!Catherine!Pearce!of!Penguin!House,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Before!he!emigrated!
to!South!Africa!he!was!a!member!of!Newlyn!Rugby!Football!Club!and!in!1913!he!won!the!Cornish!
Style!Wrestling!Championship!in!South!Africa.!!Interred!in!Dernancourt!Cemetery,!Somme,!
France!(IV.D.10).!Listed!on!War!Memorial!in!Centenary!Methodist!Church,!Newlyn!and!on!
parents’!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield,!Paul.!!!
PEARCE,!William!Leonard.!AB!Seaman.!Trinity!Service.!TS!Alert!(London).!Killed!on!active!service!
on!Sunday!15th!April!1917!age!32.!Born!Penzance.!Husband!of!Ivy!Lilian!Pearce!of!London.!Listed!
on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!TS!Alert,!a!Trinity!Service!vessel!of!777!tons,!was!sunk!off!Dover!on!15th!April!
1917!with!the!loss!of!11!crew.!!
!PENGELLY,!Edward!Llewellyn.!Private.!21689.!10th!(Shropshire!and!Cheshire!Yeomanry)!
Battalion!(T.F.),!King’s!Shropshire!Light!Infantry,!231st!Brigade,!74th!Division.!Died!on!Monday!
28th!October!1918!age!23!at!53rd!General!Hospital,!Boulogne!from!pneumonia.!Elder!son!of!
Llewellyn!and!Annie!Pengelly!of!Trannack,!Penzance!and!later!of!Plumley,!Bovey!Tracey,!Devon.!
Born!in!Madron!and!educated!at!Penzance!County!School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School)!
Enlisted!in!Newton!Abbot,!Devon.!Interred!in!Terlincthun!British!Cemetery,!Wimille,!Boulogne,!
France!(VI.D.42).!Listed!on!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church),!Madron!and!Humphry!Davy!School!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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PENPRASE,!John!(Jack)!Henry.!Trimmer.!3101/ST.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Vivid.!Died!of!
influenza!on!Sunday!3rd!November!1918!age!25!at!Royal!Naval!Hospital!Stonehouse,!Devonport.!
Son!of!Henry!and!Mary!Jane!Penprase!of!Marine!Place,!Penzance;!husband!of!Henrietta!Pentreath!
(formally!Penprase)!of!2!Carn!Todden!Terrace,!Mousehole.!Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul!(1142).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!
Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Vivid,!shore!establishment!
at!Devonport,!Plymouth!specialising!in!gunnery!and!signals!training.!Became!HMS!Drake!in!1934.!
Spelt!PENPRAZE!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial.!
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PENROSE,!R.!Charles.!Third!Engineer.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Treneglos!(St!Ives).!Lost!at!sea!on!Sunday!14th!November!1915!age!55.!Born!at!Redruth.!Son!of!Charles!&!Anne!Penrose;!husband!of!
Mary!Ellen!Penrose!(nee!Read)!of!25!Commercial!Road,!Hayle.!Listed!on!the!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!
London.!Listed!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!
of!Remembrance.!SS!Treneglos!(Hain!Steamship!Company!Ltd)!was!torpedoed!and!sunk!70!miles!
WSW!of!Gavdo!Island,!Crete!by!the!German!submarine!U:34!on!a!voyage!from!Port!Louis!to!the!
United!Kingdom!with!a!cargo!of!sugar.!
!PENROSE,!William!(Willie)!Henry.!Second!Mate.!Mercantile!Marine.!Steam!Tug!Earl.!Died,!
following!an!accident!aboard!his!ship,!at!Hamadryad!Hospital,!Cardiff!on!Sunday!26th!March!1916!
age!30!years.!Eldest!son!of!Mr!W.H.!and!Mrs!S.!Penrose!of!Queen!Street,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!
Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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PENTREATH,!Edwin.!Seaman.!2603/A.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Curlew.!Died!on!Thursday!22nd!
August!1918!age!27!of!influenza/pneumonia!in!hospital!in!London.!!Born!in!Mousehole.!Youngest!son!of!John!Hocking!Pentreath!and!Ellen!Pentreath!of!Mount!Pleasant!Street,!Mousehole.!Listed!
on!Mousehole!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!Interred,!with!
full!naval!honours,!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul!with!cwgc!headstone!(1080).!HMS!
Curlew,!a!light!cruiser!of!the!Ceres!class,!was!launched!in!July!1917!and!commissioned!at!the!end!
of!that!year.!She!was!sunk!on!26th!May!1940!by!German!Ju:88!bombers!off!Narvik,!Norway.!!
!PENTREATH,!Frederick!Charles.!Gunner.!74263.!Royal!Garrison!Artillery.!Killed!in!action!on!
Tuesday!24th!July!1917!age!29.!Born!in!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!London.!Son!of!David!and!Sarah!
Pentreath!of!14!Westfield!Road,!Smethwick,!Staffs;!husband!of!Marie!Pentreath.!!Interred!in!
Dickebusch!New!Military!Cemetery!Extension,!Ypres,!Belgium!(II.E.18).!Listed!on!St!Mary’s!
Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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PERRY,!John!James.!Private.!24138.!10th!(Service)!Battalion!(Cornwall!Pioneers),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!2nd!Division!(as!pioneer!battalion).!Died!of!wounds!on!Monday!20th!
November!1916!in!hospital!age!22.!Son!of!John!and!Mary!Perry!of!Heamoor!and!formerly!of!Paul,!
Penzance.!Interred!in!Boulogne!Eastern!Cemetery,!France!(VIII,!D.209).!Born!in!Paul,!Penzance!
and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!10!DCLI!were!the!pioneer!battalion!of!the!2nd!Division!and!were!deployed!in!
small!groups!throughout!the!area.!Official!records!were!therefore!sparse!so!it!is!almost!impossible!to!ascertain!when!and!where!Private!Perry!was!wounded.!However,!it!is!most!likely!
that!it!was!during!the!Battle!of!the!Ancre!which!took!place!over!the!area!over!the!period!13th!:!
18th!November1916.!
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PERRY,!Sidney.!Private.!41773.!1st!Battalion,!Royal!Irish!Fusiliers!(Princess!Victoria’s),!108th!
Brigade,!36th!(Ulster)!Division.!Formerly!S/4/094600!Army!Service!Corps.!Killed!in!action!on!
Monday!21st!October!1918!age!25!at!Desselghen,!Belgium.!Youngest!son!of!the!late!William!Perry!and!of!Elizabeth!Perry!of!North!Street,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!
Interred!in!Harlebeke!New!British!Cemetery,!West:Vlaanderen,!Belgium!(VIII.D.15).!Listed!on!St!
Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!
and!on!parents’!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery!(Plot!6,!Row!13,!Grave!5).!On!the!18th!of!
October!the!Battalion!came!out!of!reserve!and!occupied!a!position!on!the!left!bank!of!the!River!
Lys!at!Courtrai.!On!the!night!of!19th!/20th!October!the!other!two!brigades!(107th!and!109th!)!
forced!the!river!passage!in!spite!of!considerable!opposition!and!on!the!following!day!108th!Brigade!were!brought!up!to!renew!the!attack.!On!21st!October!the!Battalion!attacked!from!Spriete!
at!0730!hours!in!conjunction!with!the!107th!Brigade!on!their!right.!The!French!did!not!advance.!In!
spite!of!this,!and!the!fact!that!they!were!not!supported!by!artillery!and!much!worried!by!machine!
gun!fire!in!a!landscape!where!there!was!little!cover!from!view,!the!Battalion!had!by!0900!hours!
established!itself!near!Spitaal!and!south!of!that!location.!!Two!days!later!the!Battalion!was!again!
in!action!and!this!was!the!last!time!in!the!war!that!they!were!in!close!action!with!the!enemy.!The!casualties!reported!for!the!month!of!October!were!5!officers!and!40!other!ranks!killed;!9!officers!
and!234!other!ranks!wounded!and!1!officer!and!99!other!ranks!missing.!
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PERRY,!William!(Bill)!Walter.!Private.!Depot!Details!(Woolwich),!Royal!Army!Ordnance!Corps.!
Died!on!Saturday!18th!January!1919!age!22!of!double!pneumonia!at!Bethnal!Green!Military!
Hospital!having!recently!returned!home!from!the!Egyptian!Expeditionary!Force!at!Kantara,!Egypt.!Son!of!William!Perry,!formerly!of!the!Trinity!Service!Steamer!Mermaid,!and!Amelia!Perry!
of!23!Hartley!Avenue,!East!Ham,!London!and!formerly!of!St!James!Street,!Penzance.!Prior!to!
enlistment!he!was!an!employee!of!Star!Tea!Company,!Penzance.!Funeral!took!place!on!23rd!
January!1919!followed!by!cremation!and!interment!in!City!of!London!(Manor!Park)!Cemetery!
(210.91278).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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PHEBY,!Richard!Garfield.!Private.!36176.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!95th!Brigade,!5th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Tuesday!6th!November!1917!age!26!by!a!German!sniper.!
Son!of!James!and!Catherine!Pheby!of!Nancledra,!Long!Rock;!husband!of!Mary!(Minnie)!Elizabeth!
Pheby!of!Tolver,!Long!Rock,!Penzance.!Born!in!Long!Rock,!Ludgvan!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!
Interred!in!Hooge!Crater!Cemetery,!Ypres,!Belgium!(VIA.A.13).!Listed!on!Gulval!Church!War!
Memorial!and!Long!Rock!Memorial!Institute!War!Memorial.!At!0600!hours!on!6!November!A!and!
B!Companies,!with!C!and!D!Companies!in!immediate!support,!commenced!an!attack!on!the!
Polderhoek!Chateau.!From!the!start!they!were!met!by!heavy!fire!and!throughout!the!day!suffered!considerable!losses.!Bombing!parties!were!in!action!from!both!sides!but!by!1530!hours!the!
Battalion!was!forced!to!withdraw!to!their!original!positions!and!consolidate.!That!night!the!
Battalion,!with!11!officers!and!123!other!ranks!killed,!wounded!or!missing,!was!relieved!by!1st!
East!Surreys.!!
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PLATT,!Alfred!Frank.!Private!2nd!Class.!237570.!Royal!Air!Force.!Died!on!Tuesday!19th!November!1918.!Son!of!William!and!Louisa!Platt!of!1!Victoria!Place,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Penzance!
Cemetery!(T/2/16).!Listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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POLLARD,!Joseph.!!Private.!22354.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Dorsetshire!Regiment,!50th!Brigade,!
17th!(Northern)!Division.!Formerly!24812!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Born!in!Paul,!
Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Died!of!wounds!on!Tuesday!22nd!May!1917!age!21.!Son!of!
Frank!and!Eliza!Pollard!of!Trevelloe!Cottage,!Paul,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Aubigny!Communal!Cemetery!Extension,!near!Arras,!Pas!de!Calais,!France!(III.G.7).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!
Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!only!major!
engagement!around!this!time!took!place!on!11/12!May!1917!when!two!companies!of!the!6th!
Dorsets!were!temporally!attached!to!the!12th!Brigade!for!an!assault!on!the!chemical!works!at!
Roeux.!!There!were!a!number!of!casualties!in!this!operation!and!it!is!possible!that!Joseph!Pollard!
was!one!of!those!wounded.!!However,!it!is!just!as!possible!that!he!was!injured!during!the!constant!shelling!and!shooting!that!took!place!daily!in!the!trenches.!
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POLLARD,!Stephen.!Private.!26271.!7th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!61st!
Brigade,!20th!(Light)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!8th!October!1916!age!38.!Born!in!Madron!
and!enlisted!in!Penzance!in!June!1916.!Employee!of!Mr!J.J.!Friggens!and!Mr!J.!Jelbart,!both!of!
Penzance,!prior!to!enlistment.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!W.H.!Pollard!of!Penzance;!husband!of!Mrs!Maud!
Pollard!(nee!Wills!of!Relubbas,!St!Hilary)!of!19!Prospect!Place,!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Thiepval!Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!and!Face!6B)!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!!!
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POLLARD,!Thomas!Benjamin.!Private.!33382.!8th!(Service)!Battalion,!Devonshire!Regiment.!Died!
on!Sunday!21st!April!1918!age!24.!Son!of!Richard!Nicholls!Pollard!and!Mary!Pollard,!Trereife,!
Madron.!Heamoor;!husband!of!Mary!Lillian!Pollard!of!Kerris,!Paul,!Penzance.!Born!in!Madron,!
Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Ste!Marie!Cemetery,!Le!Havre,!France!
(Div.62.III.E.5).!Listed!on!Madron!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!8th!(Service)!Battalion,!as!part!of!20th!Brigade,!7th!Division,!left!France!for!Italy!in!November!1917!
and!were!still!stationed!in!Italy!a!year!later!at!the!end!of!the!war!so!how!come!that!Private!
Pollard!died!in!France?!
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POOLEY,!William.!Sergeant!(Shoeing!Smith).!321219.!134th!Cornwall!Heavy!Battery,!Royal!Garrison!Artillery,!Cornwall!(Duke!of!Cornwall’s).!Died!on!Monday!1st!January!1917!age!24!in!
East!Africa.!Born!Madron!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Son!of!William!and!Henrietta!Pooley!of!
Hallatrow,!Bristol.!Interred!in!Morogoro!Cemetery,!Tanzania!(IV.B.16).!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!
(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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POPE,!Issac.!Private.!242113.!2/8th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Worcestershire!Regiment,!183rd!Brigade,!61st!(2nd!South!Midland)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!3rd!December!1917!age!23.!Enlisted!in!
Penzance.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Samuel!Pope!of!14!St!Mary’s!Street,!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!
Cambrai!Memorial,!Louverval,!Nord,!France!(Panel!6)!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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POPE,!William!James.!Private.!203003.!7th!(Service)!Battalion,!Royal!West!Kent!Regiment!(The!
Queen’s!Own),!53rd!Brigade,!18th!(Eastern)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Wednesday!24th!April!
1918.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Formerly!9267!Hertfordshire!Regiment.!Listed!on!the!Pozieres!Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Panel!58!and!59),!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!
War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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QUICK,!Richard.!!Chief!Stoker.!Royal!Navy.!287343.!Long!Service!and!Good!Conduct!Medal.!HMS!
Warrior.!!Died!on!Sunday!11th!June!1916!age!37!at!South!Queensferry!Hospital,!near!Edinburgh,!
of!wounds!received!during!the!Battle!of!Jutland.!!Son!of!William!and!Margaret!Jane!Quick!of!
Mousehole;!husband!of!Elizabeth!Smith!Quick!of!The!Cliff,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Interred,!with!full!naval!honours,!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul!on!14th!June!1916!(1110).!Listed!on!Newlyn!
War!Memorial,!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Mousehole!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!in!Centenary!Primitive!Methodist!Church,!Gwavas!Road,!
Newlyn.!HMS!Warrior,!a!Warrior!class!armoured!cruiser,!formed!part!of!1st!Cruiser!Squadron!at!
Jutland.!She!was!seriously!damaged!by!gunfire!on!11th!June!1916!which!set!her!on!fire.!She!was!
taken!under!tow!but!early!the!following!morning!she!was!abandoned!by!her!crew!and!shortly!afterwards!sank.!
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RAFTERY,!Albert!Luke.!Private.!45667.!2nd!Battalion,!Suffolk!Regiment,!76th!Brigade,!3rd!Division.!
Died!of!wounds!on!Wednesday!27th!March!1918!age!28.!Husband!of!Mrs!Raftery!of!2!Gwavas!
Street,!Penzance.!Born!at!Marylebone!and!enlisted!at!Paddington,!London.!Interred!in!St!Hilaire!
Cemetery,!Frevent,!France!(V.B.9).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!REMPHRY,!Joseph!Charles.!Trimmer.!5939TS.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Trawler!Star!of!Freedom!
(FD!200).!Lost!at!sea!on!Thursday!19th!April!1917!age!37.!Son!of!James!Thomas!and!Jane!
Remphry!of!Newlyn,!Penzance;!husband!of!Rhoda!Matthews!(formerly!Remphry)!of!4!Holly!
Terrace,!Heamoor,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!24),!on!both!
Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!HM!Trawler!Star!of!Freedom!was!a!converted!minesweeper.!She!was!mined!off!Trevose!Head,!near!Padstow,!Cornwall!on!19th!April!1917.!
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RENDELL,!Robert.!Seaman.!3610B.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Laurentic.!Lost!at!sea!on!25th!
January!1917!age!34.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!A.!Randell!of!128!Essex!Street,!Norwich.!Listed!on!
Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon.!HMS!Laurentic!struck!two!mines!off!Lough!Swilly,!Northern!
Ireland!and!sank!within!an!hour.!Only!121!of!the!475!aboard!survived.!She!was!carrying!43!tons!
of!gold!ingots!that!were!recovered!at!a!later!date.!!!TBC!!
RENOWDEN,!Charles!Carne.!Private.!23712.!1st!Battalion,!Royal!Warwickshire!Regiment,!10th!
Brigade,!4th!Division.!Formerly!39523!Devonshire!Regiment.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!15th!
April!1918!age!32.!Born!at!Penzance!and!enlisted!at!Bodmin.!Son!of!William!Henry!Renowden!of!
51!Cauldwells!Road,!Penzance;!husband!of!Beatrice!Renowden!of!!Boase’s!Row,!Wherrytown,!
Penzance!and!later!of!5!Tolcarne,!Newlyn.!Listed!on!the!Ploegsteert!Memorial,!Hainaut,!Belgium!
(Panel!2!and!3).!Also!listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!!
RESEIGH,!Abel!Nettley.!Rifleman.!208041.!20th!(Northern)!Battalion,!Rifle!Brigade!(The!Prince!
Consort’s!Own).!Formerly!6153,!3rd!(Reserve)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!
Drowned!at!sea!on!Monday!1st!January!1917!age!41.!Born!in!Newlyn!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!
Husband!of!Beatrice!Jane!Reseigh!of!8!Cross!Street,!Penzance.!Served!as!boy!in!RN!for!twelve!years.!Listed!on!the!Mikra!Memorial,!Thessalonika,!Greece,!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMT!Ivernia,!a!defensively!armed!transport!of!14,278!tons,!was!
torpedoed!without!warning!and!sunk!on!1st!January!1917!by!a!submarine!35!miles!SE!of!Cape!
Matapan,!Greece!en!route!to!Egypt.!Thirtysix!lives!were!lost.!The!role!of!the!battalion!was!
garrison!duties.!
!REYNOLDS,!Everett.!Private.!33765.!1/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Hampshire!Regiment,!36th!Indian!
Brigade,!14th!Indian!Division.!Died!on!Wednesday!5th!June!1918!age!29.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!W.H.!
Reynolds;!husband!of!Beatrice!Reynolds!of!2!Clifton!Terrace,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Born!in!Paul,!
Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Tehran!War!Cemetery,!Iran!(V.D.3).!!Listed!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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REYNOLDS,!Frederick.!Sapper.!WR/280611.!27th!Broad!Gauge!Railway!Operating!Company,!Royal!Engineers.!Died!on!Friday!17th!January!1919!aged!24!years!at!1st!South!African!General!
Hospital,!Abbeville,!France!of!influenza!and!pneumonia.!!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Frederick!Reynolds!of!
Church!Street,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!!Interred!in!Abbeville!Communal!Cemetery!Extension,!Somme,!
France!(V.F.24).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Prior!
to!enlistment!Fred!Reynolds!worked!for!the!Great!Western!Railway!Company!first!at!Carn!Brea!
and!then!Redruth.!Actively!associated!with!St!Peter’s!Church,!Newlyn!and!later!with!St!Mary’s!
Church,!Penzance.!!
REYNOLDS,!Fred!R.!Listed!in!Centenary!Methodist!Church,!Newlyn!as!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry!having!been!killed!in!action!in!France,!and!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial.!No!information!on!
this!soldier!recorded!in!The!History!of!the!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry!1914:1919,!
Commonwealth!War!Grave!Commission!web!site!or!in!Soldiers!Died!in!the!Great!War!(CD:ROM).!
!REYNOLDS,!Sydney!Thomas.!Private.!201123.!1/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry,!234th!Brigade,!75th!Division.!Died!of!wounds!following!amputation!of!his!leg!on!
Thursday!23rd!May!1918!age!20!in!Egypt.!Enlisted!at!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Son!of!Mrs!Margaret!
Ann!Reynolds!of!20!Camberwell!Street,!Penzance!and!later!of!7!Penwith!Street,!Penzance.!
Interred!in!Cairo!War!Memorial!Cemetery,!Egypt!(0.177).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance!and!on!his!mother’s!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery!(Plot!12).!
!RICHARDS,!Alfred!(Fred)!Holbrook.!Leading!Deck!Hand.!2021SD.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMML!31.!
Died!in!hospital!at!Port!Said!of!typhoid!fever!on!Sunday!16th!July!1916!age!27.!Only!son!of!George!
and!Emily!Richards!of!21!Belgravia!Street,!Penzance!and!later!of!15!Tobin!Place,!Penzance.!
Interred!in!Port!Said!Cemetery,!Egypt!(0.13).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!St!
Paul‘s!Church!War!Memorial.!
!RICHARDS,!Charles!Everett.!Leading!Seaman.!1460C.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Goliath.!Lost!at!
sea!through!enemy!action!on!Thursday!13th!May!1915!age!35.!Son!of!Nicholas!and!Margaret!
Richards!of!Brook!Terrace,!Mousehole;!husband!of!Clarissa!Paul!Richards!of!Sunny!Place,!
Mousehole,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!8),!on!HMS!Goliath!
plaque!in!Paul!Church!and!on!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road.!Also!listed!on!Paul!
Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Goliath,!a!Canopus!class!
battleship,!was!sunk!on!13th!May!1915!by!a!Turkish!torpedo!boat!off!Cape!Helles,!Gallipoli!with!the!loss!of!over!500!crew.!According!to!a!newspaper!report!he!was!in!the!sick!bay!at!the!time!of!
the!disaster!having!been!slightly!wounded!in!the!foot!on!4th!May!1915.!On!the!day!that!the!RN!
Reserves!were!called!out,!he!had!lined!up!the!Mousehole!company!outside!the!Custom!House!and!
marched!them!to!the!railway!station.!
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RICHARDS,!Ronald!Henry.!Private.!19155754.!General!Service!Corps.!Died!at!Royal!Naval!
Hospital,!Plymouth!on!Thursday!3rd!May!1917!age!18.!Son!of!John!and!Emma!Richards!of!20!St!Marys!Terrace,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
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RICHARDS,!Wilfred!Henry.!Painter!2nd!Class.!M/20726.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Anchusa.!Lost!at!sea!
through!enemy!action!on!Tuesday!16th!July!1918!age!23!when!his!ship!was!torpedoed!and!sunk!
by!the!German!submarine!U:54!off!the!north!west!coast!of!Ireland.!Son!of!Mr!P.!and!Mrs!E.!
Richards!of!Penzance;!husband!of!Elsie!Richards!of!5!High!Street,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!28),!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!High!Street!Methodist!Church!
War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Anchusa!was!a!convoy!protection!
sloop!of!the!Flower!class.!!
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RICHARDS,!William!(Billy)!John.!Private.!349.!Royal!Army!Veterinary!Corps.!Died!on!Wednesday!
4th!June!1919!age!40!at!home!from!war!service.!Volunteered!in!1914!and!served!in!Italy!and!France.!Discharged!in!May!1918!suffering!from!the!effects!of!being!gassed!in!France.!!Son!of!
William!John!and!Eliza!Richards!of!Penzance;!husband!of!Elizabeth!Richards!of!32!St!Claire!Street,!
Penzance.!Listed!on!St!Pauls!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!with!service!headstone.!
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RIDGE,!Edward!(Ned)!James.!AB!Seaman.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!3920B.!HMS!Bulwark.!Killed!on!
active!service!on!Thursday!26th!November!1914.!Nephew!of!Mr!B.J.!Ridge!of!Newlyn.!Listed!on!Portsmouth!Naval!Memorial,!Hampshire!(Panel!6).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Bulwark,!a!London!class!pre:dreadnought!battleship,!was!
rent!asunder!by!a!massive!explosion!in!her!magazine!while!loading!ammunition!off!Sheerness,!
Kent!on!26th!November!1914.!She!sank!instantly!and!out!of!her!compliment!of!750!only!12!
survived.!
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ROACH,!Matthew!(Matt).!Military!Cross.!Temporary!Captain.!225th!Tunnelling!Company,!Royal!Engineers.!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!2nd!July!1916!age!28!by!a!trench!mortar!shell.!!Son!of!
William!and!Ann!Roach!of!Halwyn!Farm,!Paul,!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Arras!Memorial,!
Faubourg:d’Amiens!Cemetery,!Arras,!France!(Bay!1).!Listed!also!on!parents!headstone!in!Paul!
Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!on!brass!tablet!in!Mousehole!Methodist!Church,!on!Paul!Church!War!
Memorial,!Ludgvan!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Matthew!was!
a!mining!engineer!in!South!Africa!but!returned!home!to!enlist!as!a!private!in!the!DCLI.!!Quickly!rose!to!the!rank!of!serjeant!serving!in!3!DCLI!and!then!9!DCLI.!Was!commissioned!second!
lieutenant!and!transferred!to!the!Royal!Engineers!on!4th!December!1915.!On!two!occasions,!
under!difficult!circumstances,!he!successfully!extricated!members!of!his!company!after!mining!
explosions,!from!what!would!have!been!certain!death.!The!citation!for!his!MC!reads!as!follows!:!
“On!learning!that!the!enemy!were!about!to!blow!in!a!mine!gallery,!he!awaited!them!
(underground)!with!his!revolver.!Later!he!was!ordered!to!blow!in!the!enemy!trenches;!at!great!
risk!he!carried!the!charge!with!lighted!fuse!and!placed!it!in!position.!Later,!at!further!great!risk,!he!descended!to!ascertain!results.!He!was!incapacitated!by!fumes!and!drawn!up.!He!refused,!
however,!to!leave!the!trench!before!the!ordinary!relief”.!!
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ROBBINS,!William.!Private.!459320.!2/2nd!Wessex!Field!Ambulance,!Royal!Army!Medical!Corps.!
Died!at!Calliton!House!Voluntary!Aid!Detachment!(VAD)!Hospital,!Dorchester!on!Friday!15th!
March!1918!age!23.!Youngest!son!of!Capt!Fred!Farquhar!Robbins!(Member!of!Penzance!Town!Council)!and!Mrs!Fanny!Robbins!of!Trelawney,!20!Penare!Road,!Penzance.!Born!in!St!John’s,!
Penzance!and!educated!at!Penzance!County!School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School).!
Enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Humphry!Davy!School!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!!
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ROBERTS,!Roland.!Private.!586726.!Labour!Corps!ex!Drummer!9000!2nd!Battalion,!Coldstream!
Guards.!Soldier!for!eight!years.!One!of!the!gallant!band!of!Contemptibles!at!Mons!in!1914.!Wounded!in!the!trenches!at!Ypres.!Died!at!3!North!Street,!Bridgwater,!the!home!of!his!father:in:
law,!on!Sunday!10th!November!1918!age!22!from!double!pneumonia.!Employed!on!land!work!at!
Over!Stowey!when!taken!ill!with!influenza.!A!few!weeks!prior!to!his!death!he!succeeded!in!
checking!the!career!of!an!infuriated!bull!in!Bridgwater!by!catching!the!animal!by!the!horns!!Born!
in!Clevedon,!Somerset!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Son!of!Mr!A.!Roberts,!late!Band!Sergeant!4th!
Hussars!and!Bandmaster!of!Penzance!Town!Band,!of!Newlyn,!Penzance;!husband!of!Mrs!G.!
Roberts!(nee!Pyne).!Holder!of!the!Royal!Humane!Society!medal!for!saving!a!woman’s!life.!Interred!in!Bridgwater!Cemetery!(Church!Portion),!Wembron!Road,!Somerset!(I.5.8).!Listed!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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RODDA,!Nicholas.!Private.!200350.!1/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Died!
on!Tuesday!31st!October!1916!age!18.!Son!of!John!Rodda!and!of!Laura!Rodda!(stepmother)!of!57!
Belgravia!Street,!Penzance.!Born!in!Madron!and!enlisted!in!Truro.!Interred!in!North!Gate!War!Cemetery,!Baghdad,!Iraq!(XXI.Q.44).!Listed!on!High!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!father!and!stepmother’s!headstone!in!Penzance!
Cemetery.!The!1/4th!Battalion!DCLI!(T.F.)!was!originally!raised!on!2nd!September!1914!as!the!4th!
(Foreign!Service)!Battalion!(T.F.)!from!those!officers!and!men!of!the!4th!and!5th!Territorial!
Battalions!who!had!previously!volunteered!for!overseas!service.!!It!was!quickly!re:designated!the!
1/4th!as!another!foreign!service!battalion,!the!2/4th!was!raised.!!The!1/4th!sailed!for!India!on!4th!October!1914!where!it!underwent!a!period!of!hard!training!to!bring!it!up!to!the!standard!
required!of!fighting!troops.!!On!22nd!January!1916!the!Battalion!sailed!for!Aden,!where!it!was!
involved!in!operations!against!the!Turkish!army!which!was!attempting!to!attack!the!valuable!
strategic!coaling!station!of!Aden.!!!
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ROGERS,!William.!Private.!9168.!2nd!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!82nd!Brigade,!
27th!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Friday!8th!December!1916!age!27.!Son!of!Thomas!Mitchell!Rogers!and!Adeline!Rogers!of!Sancreed,!Penzance.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!
Struma!Military!Cemetery,!Kalokastron,!Greece!(VIII.A.15).!Listed!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!
Memorial.!The!5th!December!saw!2!DCLI,!together!with!2nd!Gloucesters,!in!positions!in!Rabbit!
Wood!where!they!received!orders!for!a!second!assault!on!the!village!of!Tumbitza.!The!
bombardment!commenced!at!0500!hours!the!following!morning!and!at!0640!hours!the!
Gloucesters!advanced!across!the!river!only!to!be!met!by!a!storm!of!rifle!and!machine:gun!fire.!
Only!a!few!made!it!to!the!far!bank!and!cover.!The!Cornwalls!were!ready!to!follow,!and!had!already!suffered!casualties,!but!further!attacks!were!abandoned!under!orders!from!Brigade!and!
the!Gloucesters!fell!back!across!the!river!with!most!of!their!wounded.!2!DCLI!lost!9!killed!and!61!
wounded!during!the!day.!As!this!was!the!only!action!involving!the!Battalion!at!this!time!it!is!
assumed!that!Private!Rogers!was!wounded!during!this!time.!!
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ROGERS,!William.!Driver.!37736.!3rd!Pontoon!Park!Company,!Royal!Engineers.!Killed!in!action!on!Tuesday!29th!October!1918!age!33.!Son!of!Daniel!and!Mary!Ann!Rogers!of!2!Prospect!Place,!
Penzance;!husband!of!Mary!Rogers!of!9!Rosevean!Road,!Penzance.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!
Interred!in!Montay:Neuvilly!Road!Cemetery,!Montay,!Le!Cateau,!France!(I.C.9).!Listed!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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de!ROUFFIGNAC,!Ambrose.!Master!Mariner.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Antinoe.!Lost!at!sea!due!to!
enemy!action!on!Monday!28th!May!1917!age!46.!Husband!of!Caroline!Bodinner!de!Rouffignac!of!Carn!Dhu,!Paul.!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London,!on!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!
Road,!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!.!!SS!Antinoe,!a!
defensively!armed!ship!of!2,396!tons!was!torpedoed!without!warning!and!sunk!by!a!submarine!
150!miles!WSW!of!Bishop!Rock!with!the!loss!of!21!lives.!The!previous!year!in!August!Captain!de!
Rouffignac,!then!in!command!of!SS!Antilope!on!passage!from!Marseilles,!had!his!ship!stopped!by!
an!Austrian!submarine!in!the!Mediterranian.!All!the!crew,!which!included!Captain!de!Rouffignac’s!son,!were!allowed!to!take!to!the!lifeboats!before!the!ship!was!sunk!by!gunfire.!!
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ROW,!Joseph!Henry.!Captain.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Trevose!(St!Ives).!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!
action!on!Tuesday!20th!March!1917!age!31.!Son!of!Captain!Henry!Rowe!and!Amy!Fawkland!Row!
of!Lyndon!House,!Regent!Square,!Penzance;!husband!of!Florence!Henrietta!Row!of!31!Alma!Place,!
Penzance!and!later!of!Castle!Villa,!St!Agnes;!brother!of!Thomas!Cundy!Row!(see!below).!Listed!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!There!was!a!family!tablet,!erected!by!sorrowing!parents,!to!Joseph!and!his!brother!Thomas!in!the!United!Methodist!Church,!Parade!Street!(now!the!Acorn!
Theatre)!but!whereabouts!now!unknown.!However,!his!parents!endowed!the!Row!Brothers!
Memorial!Prize!which!was!awarded!annually!for!regular!attendance!at!Parade!Street!United!
Methodist!Church!morning!service!and!Sunday!school.!SS!Trevose,!a!defensively!armed!ship!of!
3,112!tons,!was!torpedoed!without!warning!and!sunk!on!18th!March!1917!by!German!submarine!
U81!two!hundred!and!thirty!miles!NNW!of!Ushant,!France.!Cast!adrift!but!his!lifeboat!which!also!
contained!the!Third!Engineer!was!not!recovered.!Remainder!of!the!crew!were!rescued!by!SS!Alnwick!Castle.!(See!John!Marrack!Blewett!above).!!
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ROW,!Thomas!Cundy.!Chief!Officer.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Tremorvah.!Died!of!wounds!on!Sunday!
29th!April!1917!age!35.!Son!of!Captain!Henry!Rowe!and!Amy!Fawkland!Row!of!Lyndon!House,!
Regent!Square,!Penzance;!brother!of!Joseph!Henry!Row!(see!above).!!Interred!in!the!Constantine!
European!Cemetery,!Algeria.!Awarded!King!Edward!Medal!for!bravery!in!rescuing!crew!from!Norwegian!barque!at!Perran.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!There!was!a!family!
tablet,!erected!by!sorrowing!parents,!to!Thomas!and!his!brother!Joseph!in!the!United!Methodist!
Church,!Parade!Street!(now!the!Acorn!Theatre)!but!whereabouts!now!unknown.!However,!his!
parents!endowed!the!Row!Brothers!Memorial!Prize!which!was!awarded!annually!for!regular!
attendance!at!Parade!Street!United!Methodist!Church!morning!service!and!Sunday!school.!SS!
Tremorvah,!a!ship!of!3,654!tons!of!the!Hain!Steamship!Line,!was!attacked!in!a!surface!action!by!a!German!submarine!on!11th!November!1917!in!the!Mediterranean!Sea.!Thomas!Row!was!
wounded!and!landed!at!Constantine,!Algeria!for!treatment!but!died!on!29th!April!1917.!!
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ROWE,!Bertie.!Donkeyman.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Coath!(Penzance)!formerly!SS!Skerryvose!
(Glasgow).!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Wednesday!13th!December!1916!age!28.!Son!of!
Robert!Steven!and!Elizabeth!Jane!Rowe!of!10!St!James’!Street,!Penzance;!brother!of!Charles!
Henry,!Fred!and!Sidney!James!Rowe!(see!below).!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!on!Transport!War!Memorial,!Newhaven,!East!Sussex!(North!panel),!on!Penzance!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!Penzance!Baptist!Church!War!Memorial.!The!SS!Coath!was!
originally!presumed!sunk!by!a!mine!in!the!English!Channel!on!13th!December!1916,!with!the!loss!
of!16!crew,!but!now!believed!to!have!been!torpedoed!and!sunk!by!the!German!submarine!UB:38!
off!Beachy!Head,!East!Sussex!enroute!Eastbourne!to!Le!Havre,!France!with!a!cargo!of!arms!and!
ammunition.!In!1904!she!had!collided!with!and!sank!the!RN!submarine!A9!off!Plymouth,!Devon!
but!with!no!casualties!on!either!vessel.!!
ROWE,!Charles!Henry.!Leading!Seaman.!Bristol/Z/662.!Royal!Naval!Volunteer!Reserve.!Nelson!
Battalion,!189th!Brigade,!63rd!(Royal!Naval)!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Saturday!18th!November!
1916!age!18!at!BEF!Casualty!Clearing!Station,!France!having!been!wounded!on!13/14th!
November!1916.!Sixth!and!youngest!son!Robert!Steven!and!Elizabeth!Rowe!of!10!St!James’!Street,!
Penzance,!Cornwall;!brother!of!Bertie,!Fred!and!Sidney!James!Rowe.!Interred!in!Contay!British!Cemetery,!Somme,!France!(VIII.D.24).!Listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial,!on!Penzance!Baptist!
Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!Battle!of!the!Ancre,!an!attack!
by!five!divisions!including!the!Royal!Naval!Division,!commenced!at!0545!hours!on!the!13th!
November!1916.!It!was!a!misty!day!when!the!leading!battalions!went!over!the!top!and!advanced!
behind!a!creeping!barrage!with!the!objective!of!the!RND!being!the!village!of!Beaucourt!and!the!
intervening!strong!points!and!trenches.!The!battle!raged!throughout!that!day!and!the!following!
one!and!Beaucourt!was!finally!taken!later!that!afternoon.!The!RND!was!relieved!in!the!line!on!the!15th!and!withdrawn!to!the!neighbourhood!of!Rue!for!two!months!rest!and!reorganisation.!During!
the!month!of!November!the!RND!had!lost!100!officers!and!1,600!men!killed!and!160!officers!and!
2,377!men!wounded.!
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ROWE,!Charles!Henry.!Private.!27902.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Wiltshire!Regiment!(Duke!of!
Edinburgh’s),!42nd!Brigade,!14th!(Light)!Division.!Died!on!Tuesday!24th!September!1918!age!25.!Son!of!William!James!and!Elizabeth!Rowe!of!5!Union!Terrace,!Penzance;!husband!of!Ethel!Eva!
Rowe!of!2!New!Road,!Tolcarne,!Newlyn.!Born!in!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Bodmin.!Formerly!
41232!Somerset!Light!Infantry.!Interred!in!Glageon!Communal!Cemetery!Extension,!Trelon,!
France!(I.J.1).!Listed!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial.!
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ROWE,!Frederick!(Fred).!!Private.!34712.!2nd!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!82nd!
Brigade,!27th!Division.!Died!from!pneumonia!at!82nd!General!Hospital,!Constantinople,!Turkey!on!Monday!13th!January!1919!age!27.!Son!of!Robert!Steven!and!Elizabeth!Rowe!of!10!St!James’!
Street,!Penzance,!Cornwall;!brother!of!Bertie,!Charles!Henry!and!Sidney!James!Rowe;!husband!of!
May!Rowe!of!3!Caldwell!Road,!Penzance.!Interred!in!the!Crimean!Cemetery,!Haidar!Pasha!,!
Istanbul,!Turkey!(I.D.18).!Listed!on!Penzance!War!memorial,!Penzance!Baptist!Church!War!
memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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ROWE,!Harold!H.!Private.!34240.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!95th!Brigade,!5th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!4th!October!1917!age!27.!Son!of!Richard!and!Edith!Rowe!of!
27!St!Mary’s!Street!and!later!of!21!Gwavas!Street,!Penzance.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!
Listed!on!the!Tyne!Cot!Memorial,!Zonnebeke,!West:Vlaanderen,!Belgium!(Panel!80!to!82!and!
163A).!On!3rd!October!the!Battalion!was!in!reserve!positions!in!Sanctuary!Wood!and!that!evening!
moved!forward!to!relieve!1st!East!Surreys!in!the!front!line.!The!move!up!did!not!go!well!as!heavy!
enemy!shelling!caused!60!casualties!!on!their!way!up!to!their!assembly!positions.!Heavy!shelling!continued!throughout!the!night.!At!0600!hours!on!4th!October!the!Battalion,!with!1st!Devons!on!
their!right,!1st!East!Surreys!in!close!support!and!12th!Gloucesters!in!reserve,!commenced!the!
attack!on!the!German!lines.!The!ground!was!a!vast!wilderness!of!mud!and!shell:holes!so!the!going!
was!difficult!for!all!concerned.!As!soon!as!they!were!clear!of!the!trenches!the!assault!waves!came!
under!heavy!enfilade!machine:gun!fire!which!checked!the!advance!but!they!soon!got!going!again!
and!captured!over!200!prisoners!and!15!machine:guns.!!Their!final!objective!was!Juniper!Hill!but!the!position!could!not!be!consolidated!owning!to!the!heavy!artillery!and!machine:gun!fire!which!
continued!until!about!1830!hours.!!The!Battalion!held!the!ground!that!they!had!gained!
throughout!the!night!with!no!serious!German!counter!attacks!and!on!the!following!night!were!
relieved!by!1st!Cheshires.!The!action!on!4th!October!is!known!as!the!Battle!of!Broodseinde.!
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ROWE,!James.!Leading!Seaman.!1742D.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Sarnia.!Lost!at!sea!through!
enemy!action!on!Thursday!12th!September!1918!aged!46.!Son!of!William!and!Phyllis!Rowe!of!Newlyn;!husband!of!Mary!Ann!Rowe!of!Meadow!Place,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!!Listed!on!Plymouth!
Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!29),!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!HMS!Sarnia,!an!armed!boarding!steamer,!was!torpedoed!by!a!submarine!in!the!
Mediterranean!Sea!on!12th!September!1918.!!
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ROWE,!John.!Private.!18039.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Northamptonshire!Regiment,!54th!Brigade,!
18th!(Eastern)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Saturday!17th!February!1917.!Born!in!Gulval!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Thiepval!Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!and!Face!11A!and!
11D)!and!listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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ROWE,!Joseph!John.!Sick!Berth!Attendant.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Natal,!2nd!Cruiser!Squadron.!Killed!on!
active!service!on!Thursday!30th!December!1915!age!22.!Steward!with!Hain!Line!of!St!Ives!before!
joining!the!Royal!Navy.!!Son!of!Thomas!and!Louisa!Rowe!of!28!St!James!Street,!Penzance!and!later!of!10!Regent!Terrace,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Chatham!Naval!Memorial,!Kent!(Panel!12),!on!St!
Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parents’!headstone!in!
Penzance!Cemetery!(Plot!11,!Row!4,!Grave!12).!HMS!Natal,!a!Warrior!class!armoured!cruiser,!was!
destroyed!in!Cromarty!harbour,!Scotland!on!30th!December!1915!by!a!massive!internal!explosion!
attributed!to!faulty!cordite.!Out!of!a!crew!of!815!just!over!420!perished.!!
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ROWE,!Melville!Luke.!Gunner.!95338.!Royal!Garrison!Artillery.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!12th!July!1917!age!34.!Born!in!Madron!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Son!of!William!Henry!and!Mary!Rowe!
of!Heamoor;!husband!of!Maud!Rowe!of!2!Hea!Cottages,!Heamoor,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Battery!
Corner!Cemetery,!Ypres,!Belgium!(I.E.6).!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!
Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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ROWE,!Percy.!Private.!13186.!D!Company,!3rd!Battalion,!Worcestershire!Regiment,!7th!Brigade,!3rd!Division.!Killed!in!action!at!Hill!60,!south:east!of!Ypres,!Flanders!on!Tuesday!27th!April!1915!age!
21.!Son!of!the!late!Richard!Rowe!and!Elizabeth!Jane!Rowe,!53!Adelaide!Street,!Penzance.!Born!
and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Elzenwalle!Brasserie!Cemetery,!Ypres,!Belgium!(I.D.7).!
Listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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ROWE,!Sidney!James.!Private.!29429.!2/6th!Battalion!(Territorial!Force),!Royal!Warwickshire!
Regiment,!182nd!Brigade,!61st!(2nd!South!Midland)!Division.!Formerly!10968!Cheshire!Regiment.!Killed!in!action!Thursday!6th!December!1917!age!23.!Fifth!son!of!Robert!Steven!and!Elizabeth!
Rowe!of!10!St!James’!Street,!Penzance,!Cornwall;!brother!of!Bertie,!Charles!Henry!and!Fred!Rowe!
(see!above).!Born!in!Penzance!and!enlisted!at!Birkenhead,!Cheshire.!Listed!on!the!Cambrai!
Memorial,!Louverval,!Bapaume,!France!(Panel!3),!Penzance!War!Memorial,!Penzance!Baptist!
Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!battalion!was!formed!in!
Birmingham!in!October!1914!and!landed!in!France!in!May!1916.!
!SABINE,!Wilfred!Alfred.!Squadron!Quartermaster!Sergeant.!53!Company,!Army!Service!Corps.!
Died!suddenly!on!Monday!22nd!March!1915!age!54!at!Crown!Hill!Fort,!Plymouth,!Devon.!!
Husband!of!Margaret!Sabine!of!5!St.!Warren!Street,!Penzance!and!later!of!16!St!Francis!Street,!
Barwis!Hill,!Penzance.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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SALTER,!Arthur.!Private.!260229.!1/5th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!61st!(2nd!South!Midland)!Division!(as!pioneer!battalion).!Died!of!wounds!on!Sunday!28th!April!1918!
age!28.!Son!of!Mary!Ann!Salter!of!7!Coulson’s!Place,!Penzance.!Born!in!Axminster,!Devon!and!
enlisted!in!Warley,!Essex.!Formerly!081747!Army!Service!Corps.!Interred!in!Namps:au:Val!
British!Cemetery,!Somme,!France!(I.E.9).!Listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!mother’s!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery!(Plot!9,!Row!7,!Grave!
4).!!
SAMPSON,!Henry.!Deck!Hand.!11573DA.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Trawler!Ruby!(H!494).!Lost!at!
sea!through!enemy!action!on!Wednesday!17th!October!1917!age!32.!Son!of!Martin!and!Elizabeth!
Jane!Sampson!of!Fradgan!Street,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!
(Panel!24),!in!Centenary!Primitive!Methodist!Church,!Gwavas!Road,!Newlyn,!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance,!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!on!parents’!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!
Road,!Paul.!HM!Trawler!Ruby!was!a!converted!to!a!minesweeper.!She!was!torpedoed!by!a!German!submarine!off!Ushant,!France!on!17th!October!1917.!
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SAMPSON,!Leslie.!Rifleman.!A/203830.!18th!(Service)!Battalion!(Arts!and!Crafts),!King’s!Royal!
Rifle!Corps,!122nd!Brigade,!41st!Division.!Formerly!97921!Royal!Army!Ordnance!Corps.!Killed!in!
action!on!Saturday!27th!April!1918!age!21.!Only!son!of!William!Sampson!of!Canada!and!Minnie!
Sampson!of!Regent!Square,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Born!in!St!Austell!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!
Interred!in!Red!Farm!Military!Cemetery,!Ypres,!Belgium!(B.3).!Listed!in!Chapel!Street!Methodist!Church!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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SAMPSON,!Thomas!Bodilly.!Seaman.!1568/D.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Drake.!Died!on!active!
service!in!Military!Hospital,!St!John’s,!Nova!Scotia!on!Friday!27th!April!1917!aged!45.!Fisherman!
by!trade.!Son!of!John!and!Esther!Ann!Bodilly!Sampson!of!St.!Peter’s!Hill,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!!
Interred!in!Halifax!Cemetery,!St!John’s,!Nova!Scotia,!Canada!(P.!Naval.S.Q).!!Listed!in!Centenary!Methodist!Church,!Newlyn,!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!!and!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial.!HMS!
Drake,!a!Cressy!class!armoured!cruiser,!formed!part!of!the!6th!Cruiser!Squadron!of!the!Grand!
Fleet.!On!2nd!October!1917,!while!escorting!convoy!HH24!inbound!from!the!USA!she!was!
torpedoed!by!the!German!submarine!U79!near!Rathlin!Sound,!Northern!Ireland!and!later!sank!in!
Church!Bay.!
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SCOBEY,!Richard!Campbell.!Second!Lieutenant.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!43rd!Brigade,!14th!(Light)!Division.!Formerly!Sergeant!2/4th!Devonshire!Regiment!(T.F.).!
Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!23rd!August!1917!age!20.!Only!son!of!Richard!Rogers!Scobey!and!
Eliza!Scobey!of!41!Morrab!Road,!Penzance!:!formally!of!the!Beechfield!Hotel.!Educated!at!Probus!
and!Exeter!Cathedral!School.!Wounded!at!the!Battle!of!Glencorse!Wood!and!Inverness!Copse,!and!
while!making!his!way!back!to!a!dressing!station!he!was!struck!by!a!shell!and!buried!under!the!
debris!caused!by!the!explosion.!His!remains!were!not!found!until!1921!and!were!reburied!in!Tyne!Cot!Cemetery,!Ypres,!Belgium!(LIX.D.48).!Listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!On!the!night!of!20/21st!August!the!Battalion!relieved!7th!King’s!
Royal!Rifles!in!the!front!line!near!St!Julien.!At!0700!hours!on!a!clear!22nd!of!August!42nd!and!43rd!
Brigades!went!over!the!top!and!for!the!next!two!days!counter:attacked!and!attacked!until!the!
Battalion!was!relieved!on!the!night!of!24th!August.!The!losses!were!high!for!the!6th!with!7!officers!
and!55!other!ranks!killed,!8!officers!and!252!other!ranks!wounded!and!25!other!ranks!missing!:!a!
total!of!350.!!
SCOTT,!Thomas!Edward.!Long!Service!and!Good!Conduct!Medal.!Serjeant.!9806.!A!Company,!4th!
Battalion,!King’s!Royal!Rifle!Corps,!80th!Brigade,!27th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!24th!
May!1915!age!36.!Son!of!Thomas!and!Jane!Scott!of!29!Leskinnick!Terrace,!Penzance;!husband!of!
Mrs!Belinda!Roberts!Scott!of!14!Union!Terrace,!Penzance!and!father!of!six!children.!Served!in!the!
South!African!War.!Born!in!St!John’s,!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Menin!
Gate,!Ypres,!Belgium!(Panel!51!and!53),!Long!Rock!Memorial!Institute!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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SCRIVENS,!Frank!Edward.!Gunner!(Signaller).!321679.!234th!Heavy!Battery,!Royal!Garrison!
Artillery,!Cornwall!(Duke!of!Cornwall’s).!Died!in!France!from!the!effects!of!gas!poisoning!on!
Thursday!19th!July!1917!age!22.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Husband!of!Grace!Scrivens!(nee!
Wright)!of!7!St!Michael!Street,!Penzance.!Employed!as!dining!car!attendent!by!GWR.!!!Interred!in!Dozingham!Military!Cemetery,!Poperinge,!Krombeke,!West:Vlaanderen,!Belgium!(I.D.25).!Listed!
in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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SEARLE,!!Harold.!Sapper.!552893.!423rd!Field!Company,!Royal!Engineers.!Killed!in!action!on!
Tuesday!31st!July!1917!age!29.!Son!of!William!and!Martha!Searle,!Union!Terrace,!Penzance;!
husband!of!Jane!Rouffignac!Searle,!Osborne!Road,!Totton,!Southampton.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Menin!Gate!Memorial,!Ypres,!Belgium!(Panel!9)!and!also!on!headstone!in!
Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road.!Also!listed!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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SEMMENS,!William!Thomas!(Tom).!Private.!30496.!8th!(Service)!Battalion,!Devonshire!Regiment,!
20th!Brigade,!7th!Division.!Enlisted!at!Exeter.!Died!at!Royal!Victoria!Military!Hospital,!Netley,!
Southampton,!Hampshire!on!Thursday!17th!May!1917!age!19!as!a!result!of!wounds!received!in!action!in!France.!Son!of!William!and!Elizabeth!Semmens!of!Trevenneth!Vean,!Tredavoe,!Penzance!
and!cousin!of!Private!Herbert!Maddern!DCLI!(see!above).!!Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!
Road,!Paul!(787).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!
of!Remembrance!and!on!parents’!grave!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!
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SIMMONS,!Thomas!Brooks.!Trimmer.!3207TS.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Trawler!Benton!Castle!
(SA!1).!Lost!at!Sea!on!10th!November!1916!age!30.!Son!of!Harry!and!Eliza!Simmons!of!4!Back,!Marine!Place,!Penzance;!husband!of!Priscilla!Simmons!of!9!Cottage!Row,!Penzance.!Listed!on!
Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!19).!HM!Trawler!Benton!Castle!was!mined!and!sunk!off!
Dartmouth,!Devon.!
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SIMONS,!Philip!(Phil)!Wright.!Private.!301242.!1/8th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Durham!Light!Infantry,!151st!
Brigade,!50th!!(Northumbrian)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Tuesday!9th!April!1918!age!34!in!fighting!during!the!Battle!of!the!Lawe!and!Lys!in!the!area!of!Estaires!and!Melville.!Enlisted!at!
Bodmin.!Son!of!Philip!Wright!and!Lois!Simons,!Vivian!Terrace,!Mousehole;!husband!of!Rosina!
Simons,!Trungle!Terrace,!Paul.!!Prior!to!enlisting!was!a!gardener!for!Mr!Stanhope!Forbes,!the!
Artist.!!Listed!on!the!Ploegsteert!Memorial,!Comines:Warneton,!Hainaut,!Belgium!(Panel!8!and!9).!
Also!listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance,!on!Mousehole!
Methodist!Church!War!Memorial!and!on!separate!family!plaque!alongside.!On!4th!April!1/8!DLI!
were!in!billets!in!Bethune!and!were!reinforced!with!a!draft!of!162!newly!trained!soldiers!who!were!mostly!only!nineteen!years!old!but!eager!to!do!their!bit.!In!less!than!a!week!many!had!
fought!their!first!and!last!fight.!Three!days!later,!after!training!and!with!a!strength!of!648!all!
ranks,!they!moved!by!train!to!Neuf!Berquin!and!at!0100!hours!on!9th!April!were!under!orders!to!
relieve!a!Portuguese!unit!in!the!line.!However,!four!hours!later!the!Germans!launched!a!massive!
attack!which!forced!the!Portuguese!to!retreat!and!151st!Infantry!Brigade!position!virtually!
became!the!front!line.!Over!the!period!9th!to!13th!April!1/8!DLI!were!involved!in!continuous!fighting!with!constant!bombardment!and!a!series!of!attacks!and!counter:attacks!which!resulting!
in!heavy!casualties!but!they!held!the!line!along!the!River!Lawe.!!
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SLEEMAN,!Ernest!S.!!Private.!200483.!1/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!
234th!Brigade,!75th!Division.!Ernest!was!a!Territorial!Force!soldier!who!enlisted!in!Helston.!He!
died!of!wounds!in!hospital!in!Egypt!on!Saturday!21st!September!1918!age!35.!Son!of!Sydney!and!
Georgeina!Sleeman!of!Sheffield,!Paul,!Penzance.!!Interred!in!Ramleh!War!Cemetery,!Israel.!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!1/4th!Battalion!DCLI!
(T.F.)!was!originally!raised!on!2nd!September!1914!as!the!4th!(Foreign!Service)!Battalion!(T.F.)!
from!those!officers!and!men!of!the!4th!and!5th!Territorial!Battalions!who!had!previously!
volunteered!for!overseas!service.!It!was!quickly!re:designated!the!1/4th!as!another!foreign!
service!battalion,!the!2/4th!!was!raised.!The!1/4th!sailed!for!India!on!4th!October!1914!where!it!
underwent!a!period!of!hard!training!to!bring!it!up!to!the!standard!required!of!fighting!troops.!On!
22nd!January!1916!the!Battalion!sailed!for!Aden,!where!it!was!involved!in!operations!against!the!Turkish!army!which!was!attempting!to!attack!the!valuable!strategic!coaling!station!of!Aden.!In!
February!1917!the!Battalion!sailed!for!Suez!where!it!joined!General!Allenby’s!Egyptian!
Expeditionary!Force!which!was!engaged!in!driving!the!Turkish!army!out!of!Palestine.!!Initially!
employed!on!guarding!Allenby’s!lines!of!communication,!it!subsequently!saw!considerable!action!
at!El!Mughar!(13th!November!1917),!Nebi!Samwil!(19th!:!22nd!November!1917),!Jerusalem!(25th!
December!1917),!Tel!Asur!(8th!:!12th!March!1918)!and!Sharon!(19th!:!25th!September!1918).!!!
SLEEMAN,!George.!Trooper.!4331.!1st!Australian!Battalion,!Imperial!Camel!Corps!(Australian).!!
Died!of!gunshot!wound!to!his!stomach!on!Thursday!19th!April!1917!received!in!action!during!the!
2nd!Battle!of!Gaza,!Egypt!age!23.!!Australian!National.!Served!in!Royal!Australian!Navy!for!over!
three!years!but!discharged!with!poor!eyesight.!Enlisted!one!month!later!into!the!Australian!Army!
at!Holsworthy,!New!South!Wales!in!November!1915.!Born!at!Mousehole,!Cornwall.!Son!of!George!Sleeman!and!Sarah!Ann!Sleeman!(nee!Blewett)!of!Mount!Pleasant!Street,!Mousehole,!Penzance;!
husband!of!Victoria!Sleeman!of!134!Flinders!Street,!Darlinghurst,!New!South!Wales.!Interred!in!
Gaza!War!Cemetery,!Israel.!Listed!on!Mousehole!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!Panel!10!of!the!Australian!War!Memorial,!Canberra,!Australia.!This!
was!the!second!attempt!by!British!Empire!forces!to!break!the!Turkish!defences!along!the!Gaza:
Beersheba!line!in!southern!Palestine!and!then!clear!the!way!for!the!continued!advance!to!
Jerusalem.!The!infantry!component!consisted!of!four!divisions;!52nd!(Lowland),!53rd!(Welsh),!54th!(East!Anglian)!and!the!recently!formed!74th!(Yeomanry)!Division!which!was!made!up!of!brigades!
of!dismounted!cavalry!serving!as!infantry.!The!mobile!component!comprised!the!ANZAC!
Mounted!Division,!the!Imperial!Mounted!Division!and!the!Imperial!Camel!Corps!Brigade.!This!
battle!lasted!all!day!but!was!unsuccessful.!
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SLEEMAN,!Sydney.!Private.!16628.!2nd!Battalion,!Coldstream!Guards,!1st!Guards!Brigade,!Guards!
Division.!Born!Lower!Sheffield,!Paul,!Penzance!and!enlisted!at!Congleton.!Killed!in!action!on!Saturday!16th!September!1916!age!36!near!Ginchy!on!the!Somme.!Interred!in!London!Cemetery!
and!Extension,!Longueval,!Somme,!France!(5.H.11).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!On!the!previous!day!High!Wood!was!fiercely!fought!over!during!
the!Battle!of!the!Somme!until!cleared!by!the!47th!(London)!Division.!
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SLOOMAN,!James.!Sapper.!WR/313932.!Inland!Water!Transport,!Corps!of!Royal!Engineers.!Died!on!Friday!20th!September!1918!age!50.!Born!in!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Whitehall,!London!while!
resident!in!Leyton,!Essex.!Son!of!Charles!and!Grace!Slooman!of!31!Cornwall!Terrace,!Penzance.!
Interred!in!Woodgrange!Park!Cemetery,!East!Ham,!Essex!(18.6874)!and!listed!in!Penzance!Roll!of!
Honour.!
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SMITH,!Fernley!Sexon.!Private.!24542.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!95th!
Brigade,!5th!Division.!Killed!in!action!Thursday!4th!October!1917!age!28.!Resident!of!6!Adelaide!Street,!Penzance.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Tyne!Cot!Memorial,!Zonnebeke,!
Belgium!(Panel!80!to!82!and!163A).!Prior!to!joining!he!was!a!coal!merchant!in!Bread!Street,!
Penzance.!Previously!wounded!on!4th!September!1916.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!On!3rd!October!the!Battalion!was!in!reserve!positions!in!Sanctuary!Wood!and!that!
evening!moved!forward!to!relieve!1st!East!Surreys!in!the!front!line.!The!move!up!did!not!go!well!
as!heavy!enemy!shelling!caused!60!casualties!!on!their!way!up!to!their!assembly!positions.!Heavy!shelling!continued!throughout!the!night.!At!0600!hours!on!4th!October!the!Battalion,!with!1st!
Devons!on!their!right,!1st!East!Surreys!in!close!support!and!12th!Gloucesters!in!reserve,!
commenced!the!attack!on!the!German!lines.!The!ground!was!a!vast!wilderness!of!mud!and!shell:
holes!so!the!going!was!difficult!for!all!concerned.!As!soon!as!they!were!clear!of!the!trenches!the!
assault!waves!came!under!heavy!enfilade!machine:gun!fire!which!checked!the!advance!but!they!
soon!got!going!again!and!captured!over!200!prisoners!and!15!machine:guns.!!Their!final!objective!
was!Juniper!Hill!but!the!position!could!not!be!consolidated!owning!to!the!heavy!artillery!and!machine:gun!fire!which!continued!until!about!1830!hours.!!The!Battalion!held!the!ground!that!
they!had!gained!throughout!the!night!with!no!serious!German!counter!attacks!and!on!the!
following!night!were!relieved!by!1st!Cheshires.!The!action!on!4th!October!is!known!as!the!Battle!of!
Broodseinde.!
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SMITH,!Joseph!Stanley.!Petty!Officer!1st!Class.!199674!(Dev).!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Carnarvon.!Died!on!
Sunday!3rd!March!1918!age!36!at!Bermuda,!West!Indies!of!heart!disease.!Born!in!Penzance.!Husband!of!Annie!Smith!of!23!Camberwell!Street,!Penzance.!Interred!in!St!John’s!Cemetery,!
Halifax,!Nova!Scotia,!Canada!(P.Naval.S.Q).!Listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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SOLOMON,!William!(Willie)!Edward.!Private.!5407.!25th!(Queensland)!Battalion,!7th!Brigade,!2nd!Division,!Australian!Imperial!Forces.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!4th!October!1917!age!24!at!
Passchendaele!Ridge!during!the!Battle!of!Broodseinde.!Second!son!of!Mark!and!Alice!Soloman!of!
36!Daniel!Place,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Born!in!Penzance,!educated!at!St!Mary’s!School,!Penzance!
and!emigrated!to!Australia!in!1912.!Gardener!by!trade.!Enlisted!in!Brisbane,!Queensland.!Listed!
on!the!Menin!Gate!Memorial,!Ypres,!Belgium!(Panel!29),!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!Panel!106!of!the!Australian!War!Memorial,!Canberra,!Australia.!!!
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SPRAY,!Howard!Tredinnick.!Private.!!SptS/5287.!30th!(Reserve)!Battalion,!Royal!Fusiliers.!Died!at!
the!Scottish!General!Hospital,!Edinburgh!on!Thursday!29th!June!1916!age!33!after!a!brief!illness.!
Born!at!Hayle.!Warehouseman!by!trade.!Elder!son!of!Captain!Spray!and!Mrs!Katie!Spray!of!12!
Regent!Square,!Penzance;!husband!of!Kitty!Spray!of!Penzance!and!London.!Interred!in!Penzance!
Cemetery.!Listed!on!Chapel!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!Battalion!was!formed!at!Romford,!Essex!in!August!1915!from!depot!
companies!of!the!23rd!and!24th!Battalions!as!a!local!reserve!battalion.!!In!April!1916!it!moved!to!
Edinburgh!and!a!few!months!later!became!106th!Training!Reserve!Battalion!in!24th!Reserve!
Brigade.!
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SPRINGETT,!Percy!M.!Assistant!Steward.!Mercantile!Marine!Reserve.!HM!Yacht!Rosa!Belle.!Died!
at!Royal!Naval!Hospital,!Portland,!Dorset!on!Tuesday!25th!February!1919!age!32!years.!Husband!of!Elizabeth!Springett!of!22!Florence!Place,!Tolcarne,!Newlyn.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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SPRY,!Richard!James!Frederick!Sedgwick.!Corporal.!307366.!729th!Company,!Labour!Corps.!
Formerly!SS/14350,!Royal!Army!Service!Corps.!Died!on!7th!February!1919!age!52.!Born!at!
Torrington,!Devon.!Merchant’s!Clerk.!Husband!of!M.!Frances!Spry!of!6!Park!Green,!Penzance,!Cornwall!and!father!of!Dorothy,!Elsie!and!Dudley.!Interred!in!Belgrade!Cemetery,!Namur,!
Belgium!(II.A.10).!Listed!on!Falmouth!War!Memorial!in!Kimberley!Park!and!also!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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STEVENS,!Abner!Kelynack.!Died!at!Greenwich!Hospital,!London!on!Thursday!7th!November!1918!
age!29.!Son!of!Abner!and!Margaret!Stevens!of!6!Park!Corner,!Penzance.!Listed!on!St!Mary’s!
Church!War!Memorial,!on!Penzance!Baptist!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
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STEVENS,!Edwin!John!Kingston.!Rifleman.!372505.!2/8th!(City!of!London)!Battalion!(Post!Office!
Rifles),!London!Regiment,!174th!Brigade,!58th!(2/1st!London)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Tuesday!
30th!October!1917!age!24.!Son!of!Henry!Richard!Kingston!Stevens!and!Louisa!Stevens!of!
Penzance;!husband!of!Elizabeth!Gertruide!Beckerleg!Stevens!of!Crippas!Hill,!St!Just.!Born!in!Penzance.!Postman!of!Penzance!Postal!District!before!enlisting!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Tyne!
Cot!Memorial,!Zonnebeke,!Belgium!(Panel!50!to!51),!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!
Post!Office!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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STEVENS,!Thomas!Charles!(Boy).!Able!Seaman.!J/8306.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Monmouth.!Lost!at!
sea!through!enemy!action!on!Sunday!1st!November!1914!age!21.!Son!of!W.H.!and!Martha!
Stevens!of!Tresco,!Isles!of!Scilly.!Listed!on!the!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!2),!on!the!Isles!of!Scilly!War!Memorial,!on!the!memorial!plaque!within!St!Mary’s!Parish!Church!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Monmouth,!a!Monmouth!class!armoured!cruiser!was!
part!of!5th!Cruiser!Force!at!the!outbreak!of!the!war.!Along!with!HMS!Good!Hope!(flagship!of!
Rear!Admiral!Sir!Christopher!Craddock),!HMS!Glasgow!and!the!converted!ex:liner!Otranto!she!
met,!and!was!defeated!by,!a!superior!German!force!(Vice!Admiral!Graf!Maximilian!von!Spee)!
off!the!coast!of!Chile!on!1st!November!1914!(Battle!of!Coronel).!There!were!no!survivors!from!
either!HMS!Good!Hope!or!HMS!Monmouth!but!HMS!Glasgow,!although!she!suffered!several!hits,!and!Otranto!both!escaped.
STEVENS,!William!John.!Stoker!2nd!Class.!K/22032.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Monmouth.!Killed!at!sea!
on!Sunday!1st!November!1914!age!19!years.!Son!of!William!John!and!Annie!Stevens!of!5!Park!
Corner,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!3)!and!in!Penzance!Book!
of!Remembrance.!HMS!Monmouth,!a!Monmouth!class!armoured!cruiser!was!part!of!5th!Cruiser!Force!at!the!outbreak!of!the!war.!Along!with!HMS!Good!Hope!(flagship!of!Rear!Admiral!Sir!
Christopher!Craddock),!HMS!Glasgow!and!the!converted!ex:liner!Otranto!she!met,!and!was!
defeated!by,!a!superior!German!force!(Vice!Admiral!Graf!Maximilian!von!Spee)!off!the!coast!of!
Chile!on!1st!November!1914!(Battle!of!Coronel).!There!were!no!survivors!from!either!HMS!
Good!Hope!or!HMS!Monmouth!but!HMS!Glasgow,!although!she!suffered!several!hits,!and!
Otranto!both!escaped. !
STONE,!Richard!Treadre!Carr.!Private.!18340.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry,!43rd!Brigade,!14th!(Light)!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Wednesday!13th!September!1916!
age!21!in!the!2nd!Southern!General!Hospital,!Bristol.!His!wounds!received!in!action!on!18th!August!
1916.!Enlisted!in!Bodmin.!Youngest!son!of!Joseph!and!Catherine!Stone!of!10!Nevada!Place,!
Heamoor,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Madron!Cemetery,!Penzance!(“C”!44DD.20).!Listed!on!both!
Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!On!the!18th!of!August!1916!the!6th!Battalion!attacked,!as!part!of!a!major!offensive,!
the!northern!corner!of!Delville!Wood.!Their!objectives!were!achieved!but!at!a!cost!of!7!officers!
and!69!other!ranks!killed,!7!officers!and!233!other!ranks!wounded!and!50!other!ranks!missing.!
Some!of!the!casualties!were!attributed!to!hostile!artillery!fire!prior!to!start!of!the!advance!with!
some!reports!stating!that!“friendly!artillery!fire”!was!also!to!blame.!
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STRIKE,!Thomas!Coalls.!Boatswain!(Bosun).!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Coath!(Penzance)!formerly!SS!Skerryvose!(Glasgow).!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Wednesday!13th!December!1916!age!
58.!Born!Porthleven.!Son!of!James!and!C.!Strike;!husband!of!Mary!Jane!Strike!(nee!Marrack)!of!49!
Daniel!Place,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!SS!Coath!was!originally!presumed!sunk!by!a!mine!in!the!
English!Channel!on!13th!December!1916,!with!the!loss!of!16!crew,!but!now!believed!to!have!been!
torpedoed!and!sunk!by!the!German!submarine!UB:38!off!Beachy!Head,!East!Sussex!enroute!Eastbourne!to!Le!Havre,!France!with!a!cargo!of!arms!and!ammunition.!In!1904!she!had!collided!
with!and!sank!the!RN!submarine!A9!off!Plymouth,!Devon!but!with!no!casualties!on!either!vessel.!
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SWIRE!GRIFFITHS,!Royston.!Major.!Royal!Garrison!Artillery.!Died!on!active!service!at!Arras,!
France!from!blood!clot!on!brain!on!Saturday!17th!March!1917!age!31.!Electrical!engineer!by!
profession.!Author!of!several!short!stories.!Eldest!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!William!Griffiths!of!Bank!
House,!Llanelly,!Wales;!husband!of!Gladys!Griffiths!(nee!Maddern)!of!Pendeen,!Cornwall!and!later!of!27!Barnfield!Road,!Exeter,!Devon.!Interred!in!Faubourg!D’Amiens!Cemetery,!Arras,!France!
(Plot!II,!Row!H,!Grave!3).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!His!son,!Flight!Lieutenant!
William!Swire!Griffiths,!was!killed!in!a!flying!accident!near!Southampton!on!16th!March!1940.!
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SWITHENBANK,!Leslie!Shearer.!Private.!457341.!24th!Field!Ambulance,!Royal!Army!Medical!
Corps.!Killed!in!action,!whilst!working!as!a!stretcher!bearer,!on!Monday!19th!November!1917!age!20.!Born!in!Sussex!and!educated!at!Kingswood!College,!Bath.!Enlisted!at!Exeter,!Devon.!Son!of!
Rev!Harvey,!formerly!of!St!Ives,!and!Mrs!Ellie!Swithenbank!of!Ellerslie,!Prout!Grove,!Neasden,!
London.!Interred!in!Vlamertinghe!New!Military!Cemetery,!Ypres,!Belgium!(X.C.1).!Listed!on!both!
Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!
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SYMONS,!William!J.!Deck!Hand.!HM!Trawler!Arimathea.!Drowned!in!Penzance!Floating!Dock!on!Saturday!17th!February!1917.!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!
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TENBETH,!George!Henry.!Leading!Seaman.!18110.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!SS!Gibel:Hamam.!Lost!at!
sea!on!Saturday!14th!September!1918!age!44.!Son!of!Christopher!and!Emma!Tenbeth!of!Penzance;!
husband!of!Edith!Jane!Tenbeth!of!46!Glenmore!Avenue,!Stoke,!Devonport.!Listed!on!Plymouth!
Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!29),!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!SS!Gibel:Hamam,!a!defensively!armed!ship!of!647!tons,!was!torpedoed!without!
warning!and!sunk!on!14th!September!1918!by!a!submarine!off!Abbotsbury,!Dorset!with!the!loss!
of!21!crew.!
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THOMAS,!Arthur!James.!Private.!43339.!17th!(Service)!Battalion!(2nd!City),!Manchester!Regiment,!90th!Brigade,!30th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!12th!October!1916!age!34.!Son!of!John!
and!Elizabeth!Stella!Thomas!of!43!Belgravia!Street,!Penzance.!Born!in!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!
Reading,!Berkshire.!Listed!on!the!Thiepval!Memorial,!France!(Pier!and!Face!13A!and!14C),!in!
Chapel!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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THOMAS,!Archibald!(Archie)!Nelson.!Meritorious!Service!Medal.!Lance!Corporal.!682278.!2/22nd!(County!of!London)!Battalion!London!Regiment!(The!Queen’s),!181st!Brigade,!60th!(2/2nd!
London)!Division.!Killed!in!action!at!Tel:el:Sheria,!Palestine!on!Wednesday!7th!November!1917!
age!20.!Formerly!2299,!Wessex!Field!Artillery.!Youngest!son!of!William!Henry!and!Mary!Lory!
Thomas!of!69!Richmond!Street,!Heamoor,!Penzance.!Born!in!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Exeter.!
Listed!on!Jerusalem!Memorial,!Israel!(Panels!47!to!53),!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!
and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
!THOMAS,!Frank!Bernard!Vivian.!Lieutenant.!A!Company,!4th!Battalion!attached!to!1/5th!Battalion!
(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!61st!(2nd!South!Midland)!Division!(as!Pioneer!Battalion).!
Killed!in!action!on!Friday!22nd!September!1916!age!20!years!while!working!with!his!platoon!on!
the!Bodmin!Trench!near!the!village!of!Le!Tilleloy.!Eldest!son!of!Alderman!(ex!Mayor!of!Penzance)!
and!Mrs!J.!Vivian!Thomas!of!Trevidren,!Penzance.!Lieutenant!Thomas!was!educated!at!Wycliffe!
College,!Gloster.!He!was!shot!by!a!sniper!and!was!killed!instantly.!Interred!in!Laventie!Military!
Cemetery,!La!Gorgue,!France!(II.F.22).!Listed!on!Chapel!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!family!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!June!to!
October!1916!saw!the!battalion!serving!in!the!Laventie!sector!where!they!carried!out!nearly!
every!kind!of!pioneer!work:!the!building!of!machine:gun!emplacements,!revetment!of!trenches,!
the!digging!of!dug:outs,!construction!of!barricades!and!trench!digging,!tunnelling,!duck:boarding,!
etc.!
!THOMAS,!Herbert.!Private.!M2/153816.!683rd!Motor!Transport!Company,!Army!Service!Corps.!
Died!on!Tuesday!12th!November!1918!age!22!of!pneumonia!at!Salonika.!Only!son!of!Charles!and!
Ellen!Thomas!of!10!High!Street!and!later!of!14!Regent!Square,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Mikra!British!
Cemetery,!Kalamaria,!Greece!(747).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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THOMAS,!James.!Seaman.!2104D.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Goliath.!Lost!at!sea!due!to!enemy!action!on!
Thursday!13th!May!1915!age!36.!Son!of!Joseph!and!Mary!Thomas!of!Newlyn;!husband!of!Hannah!Maria!Thomas!of!Fore!Street,!Marazion.!!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!8),!on!
headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul,!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!on!Marazion!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!HMS!Goliath,!a!Canopus!class!battleship,!was!
sunk!on!13th!May!1915!by!a!Turkish!torpedo!boat!off!Cape!Helles,!Gallipoli!with!the!loss!of!over!
500!crew.!
!THOMAS,!John.!Trimmer.!4857TS.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Trawler!Loch!Naver!(A45).!Lost!his!
life!at!sea!on!Monday!13th!May!1918!age!38.!Son!of!Abraham!Tredrea!Thomas!and!Susan!Thomas!
of!1!South!Place!Folly,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!29),!on!St!
Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!on!parents’!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!!HM!Trawler!Loch!Naver!was!mined!in!the!Aegean!off!Mindisi!Point!on!
13th!May!1918!with!the!loss!of!all!her!thirteen!crew.!The!mine!that!sank!the!Loch!Naver!was!laid!
by!the!German!mine!laying!submarine!UC74.!!
THOMAS,!William!Smith.!Cooper!2nd!Class.!M/18970.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Gorgon.!Died!on!Sunday!
20th!October!1918!aged!29.!Cooper!by!trade.!Son!of!John!H.!S.!and!Mary!S.!Thomas!of!Green!
Roacks,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Dunkirk!Town!Cemetery,!Nord,!France!(IV.D.1).!Listed!on!
Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Gorgon,!a!Monitor!coastal!
battleship,!was!Dover!based!and!used!throughout!the!war!to!bombard!the!coast!of!France.!She!
was!scrapped!in!1928.!!
TIPPETT,!Norman.!Private.!203244.!4th!Battalion,!Worcestershire!Regiment,!88th!Brigade,!29th!
Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Thursday!25th!April!1918!age!23.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Albert!Tippett!of!
36!Richmond!Street,!Heamoor,!Penzance.!Born!in!Madron!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!
Madron!Cemetery,!Penzance!(“U”!22CC.8).!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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TONKIN,!Charles!(Charlie).!Serjeant.!41278.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!95th!
Brigade,!5th!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Sunday!30th!June!1918!age!23!at!a!casualty!clearing!
station.!Eldest!son!of!Charles!Tonkin!and!Mary!Annie!Tonkin!(nee!Jeffrey)!of!10!Carn!Gwavas!
Terrace,!Newlyn,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Cousin!of!Sammy!Tonkin!(see!below).!Born!Paul,!Penzance!and!educated!at!Penzance!County!School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School).!Enlisted!in!
Penzance.!Physical!training!instructor!to!reserve!battalions!prior!to!posting!to!1!DCLI!in!France!in!
March!1918.!Gassed!in!April!and!then!seriously!wounded!on!28th!June!1918.!Employed!as!a!clerk!
by!GWR!at!Penzance!Goods!Office!prior!to!enlistment.!Interred!in!Aire!Communal!Cemetery,!Pas!
de!Calais,!France!(III.F.29).!Listed!in!Centenary!Methodist!Church,!Newlyn,!Humphry!Davy!School!
War!Memorial,!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!It!is!most!likely!
that!Serjeant!Tonkin!was!wounded!on!28th!June!during!the!action!at!La!Becque,!east!of!the!Nieppe!Forest.!At!0600!hours!the!artillery!bombardment!fell!on!the!German!defences!some!200!yards!in!
front!of!the!Battalion’s!front!line!and!four!minutes!later!the!Cornwalls!advanced!behind!the!
creeping!barrage!meeting!little!opposition!and!by!0730!hours!had!taken!all!their!objectives.!They!
then!dug!in!and!by!evening!had!established!their!new!location!and!made!it!secure.!
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TONKIN,!Samuel!(Sammy)!Deeble.!Trimmer.!4801TS.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!!HM!Trawler!Marion!
(DE14).!!Lost!at!sea!on!active!service!in!the!Mediterranean!on!Saturday!23rd!February!1918!age!23.!!Son!of!John!Smith!Tonkin!and!Susan!Tonkin!of!11!Carn!Gwavas!Terrace,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!
Cousin!of!Charlie!Tonkin!(see!above).!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!29),!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance,!on!war!memorial!in!Centenary!Methodist!Church,!Newlyn!and!
on!parents’!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road!,!Paul.!HM!Trawler!Marion!was!mined!off!
Malta!on!23rd!February!1918.!
!TONKIN,!William!Howard.!Private.!200896.!2/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry,!Ferozepore!Brigade,!3rd!(Lahore)!Divisional!Area.!Died!on!Sunday!31st!December!1916!
age!20!in!Mesopotamia.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Son!of!Thomas!B.!Tonkin!of!6!Chapel!
Place,!Penzance.!!Listed!on!the!Basra!Memorial,!Iraq!(Panel!20!and!63)!and!also!in!Penzance!Book!
of!Remembrance.!!
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TREGARTHEN,!Henry!Hollow.!Air!Mechanic!1st!Class.!Royal!Naval!Air!Service.!HMS!President!II.!Died!on!Wednesday!7th!February!1917!age!41!at!Norwood!Cottage!Hospital,!Hermitage!Road,!
London!of!pneumonia.!Born!in!Penzance.!Before!enlisting!he!was!an!upholsterer!and!cabinet!
maker!with!a!workshop!in!Bread!Street,!Penzance.!Son!of!Richard!and!Mary!Jane!Tregarthen!of!
15!Camberwell!Street,!Penzance;!husband!of!Lizzie!Tregarthen!of!31!Lannoweth!Road!and!
previously!of!45!Belgravia!Street,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!(R10.10).!Listed!on!St!
John’s!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
TREGENZA,!Leonard!John!“Jack”.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Trevose!II!(St!Ives).!Died!of!a!disease,!
buried!at!sea!on!Saturday!7th!September!1918!age!18.!Son!of!Edward!Trewavas!and!Harriet!
Tregenza!of!Parc!Lynes,!Mousehole,!Penzance.!Educated!at!Penzance!County!School!for!Boys!
(now!Humphry!Davy!School).!On!leaving!Sierra!Leone,!West!Africa!for!Genoa!several!of!the!crew!
developed!a!fever!from!which!Jack!Tregenza!and!the!Chief!Steward!succumbed!eight!days!later.!
Listed!on!family!tablet!in!Mousehole!Methodist!Church,!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Humphry!Davy!School!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!SS!Trevose!II!was!built!at!
South!Shields!in!1917!for!Hains!Steamship!Company!of!St!Ives.!She!was!destroyed!by!fire!off!
Brazil!in!1950.!
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TREGURTHA,!Cecil!Burleigh.!Private.!42413.!2nd!Battalion,!Hampshire!Regiment,!88th!Brigade,!
29th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!15th!April!1918!age!18.!Son!of!Philip!and!Annie!
Tregurtha!of!16!St!Francis!Street,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Ploegsteert!Memorial,!Hainaut,!Belgium!(Panel!6)!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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TREGURTHA,!Philip!Henry.!Lance!Corporal.!6395.!1/7th!(City!of!London)!Battalion!(“Shiny!
Seventh”),!London!Regiment,!140th!Brigade,!47th!(2nd!London)!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!
Sunday!16th!September!1917!age!25.!Formerly!24743,!9th!(Service)!Battalion!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!
Light!Infantry.!Second!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Philip!Tregurtha!of!15!St!Michael!Street,!Penzance.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Prior!to!enlisting!he!had!his!own!business!as!hairdresser!and!
tobacconist!in!Market!Jew!Street,!Penzance.!Initially!drafted!to!the!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry!and!then!transferred!to!the!1/7th!Battalion!City!of!London!Rifles.!Interred!in!Heilly!
Station!Cemetery,!Mericourt:L’Abbe,!Somme,!France!(IV.D.56)!and!listed!in!Penzance!Roll!of!
Honour.!!
!TREMBATH,!Thomas!Beckerleg.!Bugler.!2777.!2/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry,!Ferozepore!Brigade,!3rd!(Lahore)!Divisional!Area.!Died!at!Ferozepore!Station!Hospital!of!
heat!apoplexy!on!Wednesday!21st!June!1916!age!36.!Youngest!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!R.!Trembath!of!
24!North!Parade,!Penzance.!Born!in!Madron!and!enlisted!in!Redruth.!Interred!in!Ferozepore!
Military!Cemetery,!India!and!listed!on!Kirkee!1914:1918!Memorial,!Poona,!India!(Face!5).!Also!
listed!on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!
TREMETHICK,!Arthur!Clarence.!Private.!35932.!15th!(Service)!Battalion,!Royal!Warwickshire!
Regiment!(2nd!Birmingham),!13th!Brigade,!5th!Division.!Formerly!38160!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry.!Killed!in!action!on!Tuesday!17th!September!1918!age!18.!Son!of!John!and!Sarah!B.!
Tremethick!of!Boase!Street,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Born!in!Paul!and!enlisted!in!Truro.!Interred!in!
Gouzeaucourt!New!British!Cemetery,!near!Cambrai,!Nord,!France!(VI.C.7).!Listed!on!Centenary!
Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!Newlyn,!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!on!parent’s!grave!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!On!14th!September!the!Battalion!relieved!1st!New!Zealand!
(Wellington)!Battalion!on!the!Hindenburg!Line.!At!midnight!on!the!17th!a!patrol!of!one!officer!and!
twelve!men,!including!Arthur!Tremethick,!from!B!Company!set!out!!to!test!the!strength!of!the!
enemy!defences.!Two!hours!later!the!patrol!returned!having!been!engaged!by!an!enemy!machine!
gun.!Sadly!Arthur!Tremethick!had!been!killed!and!two!other!soldiers!wounded!in!the!incident.!!!
!!TRENEARY,!Ernest.!Deck!Hand.!13752DA.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Trawler!Loch!Naver!(A!45).!
Killed!on!active!service!on!Monday!13th!May!1918.!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!29).!
Listed!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial,!on!Penzance!Baptist!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HM!Trawler!Loch!Naver!was!mined!in!the!Aegean!Sea!off!
Mindisi!Point!on!13th!May!1918!with!the!loss!of!all!her!thirteen!crew.!The!mine!that!sank!the!Loch!
Naver!was!laid!by!the!German!mine!laying!submarine!UC74.!
!TRENOWETH,!Romilly.!Leading!Trimmer.!3100/ST.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Attentive.!Died!on!
Saturday!26th!October!1918!age!29!at!the!Royal!Marine!Infirmary,!Deal,!Kent!age!29.!Son!of!Henry!
(Harry)!Trenoweth!and!Rebecca!Jane!Chenoweth!(nee!Bryant)!of!2!Sheffield!Terrace,!Paul;!
husband!of!Mary!Norah!Trenoweth!of!Trevorgans,!St!Buryan.!Interred!in!St!Buryan!Church!
Cemetery.!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!St!Buryan!Church!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!HMS!Attentive,!an!Adventure!class!light!cruiser,!was!launched!in!1904!and!scrapped!in!1920.!!
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TRESIDDER,!William!(Willie)!John.!Lance!Corporal.!17079.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry,!95th!Brigade,!5th!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Monday!15th!April!1918!age!21!having!
previously!been!twice!wounded!and!gassed.!Born!and!enlisted!at!Penzance!on!4th!December!
1914.!Saw!service!in!Italy!and!France.!Scholar!at!the!Primitive!Methodist!Sunday!School,!Mount!
Street,!Penzance!prior!to!the!family!moving!to!live!at!Newlyn.!Son!of!Private!John!James!Tresidder!and!Mrs!Elizabeth!Emma!Tresidder!of!7!Eden!Gardens,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Interred!in!
Aire!Communal!Cemetery,!Pas!de!Calais,!France!(II.D.6).!Listed!in!Centenary!Methodist!Church,!
Newlyn,!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!On!12th!April!1!DCLI!went!
into!the!line!north:west!of!Merville!on!the!Somme.!They!had!the!Devons!on!their!right!flank!and!
the!Irish!Guards!on!their!left.!On!13th/14th!April!they!came!under!heavy!fire!from!the!enemy!who!
were!attacking!alone!the!line.!There!was!some!close!action!fighting!but!the!line!held!with!heavy!
German!losses.!The!night!was!spent!digging!in!and!consolidating!their!defensive!position.!There!was!no!enemy!attacks!on!the!15th!but!a!great!deal!of!small!arms!and!artillery!fire!and!that!night!1!
DCLI!was!relieved!in!the!line!by!1st!East!Surreys.!!
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TREVASKIS,!John!Grose.!Private.!223036.!Cameron!Highlanders.!Formerly!2498!Duke!of!
Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Died!at!home!on!Sunday!1st!February!1920!age!24!years!from!
tuberculosis!contracted!while!on!service.!Son!of!John!Grose!Trevaskis!and!Mary!Trevaskis!(nee!Mann!of!Newlyn)!of!St!Clements!Villa,!Mousehole,!Penzance.!Brother!of!Private!Richard!Trevaskis!
of!8th!Battalion,!Royal!Berkshire!Regiment!who!finished!the!war!as!a!prisoner!of!war!in!Germany.!
Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Penzance!and!listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial.!
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TREVITHICK,!William!Charles.!Armourer.!302005.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Defence.!Lost!at!sea!through!
enemy!action!on!Wednesday!31st!May!1916!age!34.!!Son!of!Mr!W.J.!and!Mrs!B.!Trevithick!of!Bank!House,!Newlyn,!Penzance;!husband!of!Mrs!Trevithick!of!Church!Terrace,!St!German,!Cornwall.!
Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!17),!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!HMS!Defence,!a!Minataur!class!cruiser,!was!flagship!of!1st!Cruiser!
Squadron!at!the!Battle!of!Jutland.!She!was!blown!up!by!gunfire!from!the!German!battleship!
Friedrich!der!Grosse!on!31st!May!1916!off!the!Jutland!Peninsula.!There!were!no!survivors!from!
the!crew!of!893.!!
!TREWERN,!James!Henry.!Private.!19226.!9th!(Service)!Battalion,!Devonshire!Regiment,!20th!
Brigade,!7th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Saturday!1st!July!1916.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!W.C.!Trewern!
of!19!New!Street,!Penzance.!Born!in!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Lynton,!Devon.!Formerly!employee!
at!Union!Hotel,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Devonshire!Cemetery,!Mametz,!Somme,!France!(B.7).!Listed!
on!St!Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!
!TRUMAN,!Thomas!Archibald.!Second!Lieutenant.!56th!Division!Train,!Army!Service!Corps.!Died!of!
pneumonia!and!peritonitis!contracted!while!on!active!service!in!France!on!Friday!13th!September!
1918!age!37.!Son!of!Thomas!and!Catherine!Truman;!husband!of!Margaret!Truman!(nee!Lee)!of!12!
Pendarvis!Road,!Penzance.!She!was!the!daughter!of!Mr!R.H.!Lee,!Mayor!of!Liskeard.!Joined!the!
Capital!and!Counties!Bank,!Penzance!in!1913,!coming!from!Gloucester.!Enlisted!in!the!Officer’s!
Training!Corps!in!May!1917!and!later!was!gazetted!to!the!Army!Service!Corps.!Thomas!Truman!was!a!first!class!sportsman!who!played!rugby!as!a!threequarter!for!both!Devon!and!Gloucester!
and!cricket!for!Gloucestershire.!Interred!in!Duisans!British!Cemetery,!Etrun,!Arras,!France!
(VI.H.6).!Listed!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!
wife’s!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
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TRUSCOTT,!James!Raymond.!Private.!6742.!3rd!Regiment,!South!African!Infantry,!South!African!
Brigade,!9th!(Scottish)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!17th!July!1916!age!26!in!Delville!Wood.!Son!of!James!Colenso!Truscott!and!Frances!Truscott!of!7!Pendarves!Road,!Penzance.!Trained!at!
Penzance!Mining!Schools,!went!to!South!Africa!and!was!employed!on!the!Rand.!Volunteered!for!
military!service!at!the!outbreak!of!war.!Listed!on!the!Thiepval!Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!
and!Face!4C)!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Listed!as!Raymond!James!on!the!cwgc!web!
site.!Delvelle!Wood!was!a!tract!of!woodland,!nearly!a!kilometre!square,!the!western!edge!of!
which!touched!the!village!of!Longueval!in!the!Somme.!On!14th!July!1916!the!greater!part!of!the!village!was!taken!by!the!9th!(Scottish)!Division!and!on!the!following!day,!the!South!African!
Brigade!captured!most!of!Delville!Wood.!The!wood!now!formed!a!salient!in!the!line,!with!
Walerlot!Farm!and!Mons!Wood!on!the!south!flank!still!in!German!hands,!and,!owing!to!the!height!
of!the!trees,!no!close!artillery!support!was!possible!for!defence.!The!three!South!African!
battalions!fought!continuously!for!six!days!and!suffered!heavy!casualties.!On!the!18th!July,!they!
were!forced!back!and!on!the!evening!of!the!20th!the!survivors,!a!near!handful!of!men,!were!
relieved.!!!
UREN,!Charles!Gordon.!Lance!Corporal.!345296.!16th!(Royal!1st!Devon!and!Royal!North!Devon!
Yeomanry)!Battalion!(T.F.),!Devonshire!Regiment,!229th!Brigade,!74th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!
Monday!2nd!September!1918!age!23.!Served!in!Egypt!during!1916:17.!Youngest!son!of!Richard!
Henry!and!Charlotte!Uren!of!Trescrowan,!Heamoor,!Penzance.!Educated!at!Penzance!County!
School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School).!Enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Peronne!
Communal!Cemetery!Extension,!Somme,!France!(III.N.32).!Listed!on!Gulval!Church!War!Memorial,!on!Humphry!Davy!School!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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UREN,!George!Still.!Private.!869.!1/5th!(Sutherland!and!Caithness!Highland)!Battalion!(T.F.),!
Seaforth!Highlanders!(Ross:shire!Buffs,!Duke!of!Albany’s),!152nd!Brigade,!51st!(Highland)!
Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Saturday!11th!March!1916!age!36.!Son!of!John!Clarke!Uren!(Artist!and!
former!member!of!Penzance!Town!Council)!and!K.!Uren,!8!Clarence!Street,!Penzance!and!later!of!9!South!Hill!Park!Gardens,!Hampstead.!London.!Born!in!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!London.!Listed!
on!the!Arras!Memorial,!France!(Bay!8)!and!in!the!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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UREN,!James.!Private.!40110.!12th!(Service)!Battalion!(Bristol),!Gloucestershire!Regiment,!95th!
Brigade,!5th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!29th!September!1918!age!20.!During!an!attack!on!
German!positions!Private!Uren,!a!Lewis!gunner,!was!hit!with!a!bullet!in!the!head!and!died!instantly.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Uren!of!30!Mount!Street,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Born!in!Penzance!and!
enlisted!in!Bodmin.!Formerly!30067!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Listed!on!the!Vis:en:
Artois!Memorial,!near!Arras,!Pas!de!Calais,!France!(Panel!6)!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!
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UREN,!Thomas!Albert.!Serjeant.!927.!1st!(Reserve)!King!Edward’s!Horse.!Died!on!Friday!2nd!
March!1917!in!St!George’s!Hospital,!Dublin,!Ireland!from!pneumonia!age!40.!Youngest!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Henry!Uren!of!Belgravia!Street,!Penzance;!husband!of!Margaret!Uren!of!6!Gloucester!
Road,!Regent’s!Park,!London.!Born!in!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Watford.!Interred!in!Wansworth!
Cemetery,!Earlsfield,!London!(H.21.611).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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UREN,!William!George.!Private.!10806.!7th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!
61st!Brigade,!20th!(Light)!Division.!Died!of!wounds,!received!in!France,!on!!Wednesday!15th!
December!1915!age!31.!Born!Madron!and!enlisted!at!Penzance.!Son!of!Mrs!Elizabeth!Uren!of!7!Wesley!Street,!Heamoor,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Colchester!Cemetery,!Essex!(S.2.63).!Listed!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!
Memorials.!
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VINGOE,!Arthur.!Deck!Hand.!11237/DA.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Drifter!Reliance!III.!Killed!at!
sea!on!Monday!1st!October!1917!age!30.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Vingoe!of!Bellevue,!Newlyn;!husband!of!Jessie!Vingoe!of!Penwith!House,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Trouville!Communal!Cemetery,!Calvados,!
France!(Mil.!Plot.).!Listed!in!Centenary!Methodist!Church,!Newlyn,!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance!and!Newlyn!War!Memorial.!HM!Drifter!Reliance!III!was!believed!mined!and!sunk!
in!the!North!Sea!on!1st!October!1917!with!the!loss!of!ten!crew.!
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WALLIS,!John!Mitchell.!Military!Medal.!Company!Sergeant!Major.!432951.!49th!(Edmonton,!
Alberta)!Battalion,!7th!Brigade,!3rd!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!8th!October!1916!age!33!during!the!Battle!of!the!Ancre!Heights.!Son!of!Mr!J!P!Wallis!of!22!Trescoe!Terrace,!Long!Rock,!
Penzance.!Interred!in!Regina!Trench!Cemetery,!Grandcourt,!Somme,!France!(II.D.29).!Listed!on!
Gulval!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!in!the!Canadian!Books!of!
Remembrance,!Ottawa!(1916/178).!Early!on!the!8th!October!eight!battalions!from!the!1st!and!3rd!
Canadian!Divisions!attacked!the!enemy!positions!along!Regina!Trench.!!However,!despite!an!
initial!heavy!bombardment!followed!by!a!creeping!barrage,!the!artillery!fire!had!little!effect!on!the!masses!of!enemy!wire!defences!and!the!enemy!positions!which!were!mainly!on!a!reverse!
slope.!!Not!many!Canadians!reached!their!objective!and!all!the!Battalions!suffered!heavy!
casualties!both!during!the!attack!and!when!defending!themselves!against!counter!attacks.!Some!
of!the!battalions!were!almost!annihilated!and!the!Canadian!casualty!figures!were!1,364!on!the!
day!with!a!similar!number!killed!or!wounded!while!preparing!for!the!operation!and!while!
holding!the!front!in!the!days!after!the!attack.!
!WALLIS,!Mark!Hollow.!AB!Seaman.!3254C.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Goliath.!Killed!in!action!
Thursday!13th!May!1915!age!31.!Son!of!William!Henry!and!Mary!Jane!Wallis!of!Keigwin!Street,!
Mousehole!and!later!of!Treveneth,!Tolver!Road,!Penzance;!brother!of!Richard!Wallis!(see!below);!
husband!of!Honor!(Emmie)!Cotton!Wallis!of!North!Street,!Mousehole,!Penzance.!Listed!on!
Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!8),!on!HMS!Goliath!plaque!in!Paul!Church,!Paul!Church!
War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Goliath,!a!Canopus!class!battleship,!
was!sunk!on!13th!May!1915!by!a!Turkish!torpedo!boat!off!Cape!Helles,!Gallipoli!with!the!loss!of!over!500!of!her!crew.!
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WALLIS,!!Richard!Worth.!Seaman.!2523B.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Goliath.!Killed!in!action!on!
Thursday!13th!May!1915!age!28.!Son!of!William!Henry!and!Mary!Jane!Wallis!of!Keigwin!Street,!
Mousehole!and!later!of!Treveneth,!Tolver!Road,!Penzance;!brother!of!Mark!Wallis!(see!above);!
husband!of!Janie!Pengelly!Wallis,!The!Wharf,!Mousehole,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!8)!and!on!HMS!Goliath!plaque!in!Paul!Church,!Paul!Church!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Goliath,!a!Canopus!class!battleship,!was!
sunk!on!13th!May!1915!by!a!Turkish!torpedo!boat!off!Cape!Helles,!Gallipoli!with!the!loss!of!over!
500!of!her!crew.!
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WARREN,!William!George.!Silver!Cross!of!St!George!(4th!Class)!(Russia).!Petty!Officer.!238632.!Royal!Navy.!HM!Submarine!E13.!Drowned!on!Friday!20th!August!1915!age!24.!Served!in!the!
Somaliland!Expedition!1908!:!1910.!Eldest!son!of!Richard!(Master!at!Arms,!RN!Base,!Penzance)!
and!Isabella!Warren!of!14!North!Parade,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Haslar!Royal!Naval!Cemetery,!
Hampshire!(H.26.2)!in!a!large!grave!along!with!six!other!members!of!the!crew.!Listed!on!St!
Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial!and!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HM!Submarine!E13!ran!
aground!in!shoal!waters!to!the!west!of!Saltholm!Island,!Denmark!on!19th!August!1915.!Although!
in!Danish!territorial!waters!she!was!attacked!the!following!morning!by!two!German!torpedo!boats!which!set!her!on!fire!and!forced!the!Captain!to!abandon!her.!Fifteen!of!the!crew!were!
drowned!and!the!remaining!14!were!interned!for!the!duration.!
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WATERS,!Freddie.!Private!(Signaller!1st!Class).!34850.!Signal!Platoon,!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!
Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!43rd!Brigade,!14th!(Light)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Tuesday!
11th!December!1917!age!20.!Born!in!Paul,!Penzance.!Son!of!George!and!Elizabeth!Waters,!Chapel!
Place,!Mousehole.!Member!of!the!choir!at!United!Methodist!Church,!Mousehole.!Enlisted!into!the!DCLI!at!Penzance!age!18!and!4!months.!Initially!posted!to!the!3rd!(Training!and!Reserve)!
Battalion,!stationed!at!Freshwater!on!the!Isle!of!Wight,!where!he!underwent!sixteen!weeks!
training.!On!completion!of!his!training!he!was!posted!to!6!DCLI!and!moved!to!France!in!January!
1916.!At!that!time!the!Battalion!was!operating!in!the!Ypres!Salient.!This!area!of!low:lying!
farmland!had!been!reduced!to!a!foul!stinking!swamp!which!was!constantly!churned!up!by!
artillery!fire.!Life!in!the!Salient!was!not!only!dangerous!but!uniquely!miserable,!especially!in!the!winter!when!men!were!never!dry.!On!28th!July!1916!the!Battalion!was!relieved!in!the!front!line!
near!Arras!and!marched!south!to!join!the!great!battles!of!the!Somme.!On!16th!August!it!took!part!
in!the!bloody!battle!of!Delville!Wood!(known!by!all!as!Devil’s!Wood)!and!over!the!next!four!days!
the!Battalion!lost!a!total!of!366!all!ranks.!Freddie!Waters!was!killed!by!shrapnel!in!the!
Meetchaele!/Passchendaele!sector!of!the!Ypres!Salient!on!11th!December!1917.!No!battle!was!
being!fought!at!this!time,!but,!as!was!usually!the!case!in!this!part!of!the!line,!the!attrition!rate!
remained!high.!Listed!on!the!Tyne!Cot!Memorial,!Zonnebeke,!West!Vlaanderen,!Belgium!(Panel!80!to!82!and!163A).!Also!listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!on!parents’!headstone!in!Paul!
Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul,!on!Mousehole!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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WATKINS,!John!(Jack).!Private.!17832.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!
43rd!Brigade,!14th!(Light)!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Friday!18th!August!1916!age!30.!Wounded!by!shrapnel!the!previous!year.!Son!of!Mrs!Jane!Watkins!of!7!Alma!Place,!Penzance;!youngest!
brother!of!Mr!Samuel!O.!Watkins!of!Tolver!Road,!Penzance!and!Spr!Thomas!J.!Watkins,!Canadian!
Engineers.!Born!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Thiepval!Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!
and!Face!6B)!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!On!the!18th!of!August!1916!the!6th!Battalion!
attacked,!as!part!of!a!major!offensive,!the!northern!corner!of!Delville!Wood.!Their!objectives!were!
achieved!but!at!a!cost!of!7!officers!and!69!other!ranks!killed,!7!officers!and!233!other!ranks!
wounded!and!50!other!ranks!missing.!Some!of!the!casualties!were!attributed!to!hostile!artillery!fire!prior!to!start!of!the!advance!with!some!reports!stating!that!“friendly!artillery!fire”!was!also!to!
blame.!
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WEBBER,!Joseph!Charles.!Sapper.!508355.!502nd!Field!Company,!Corps!of!Royal!Engineers.!
Formerly!3148!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!16th!August!1917.!
Husband!of!Elizabeth!(Bessie)!Webber!of!Newlyn.!Enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Erquinghem:
Lys!Churchyard!Extension,!Armentieres,!France!(II.E.13).!Listed!in!Centenary!Methodist!Church,!Newlyn,!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!wife’s!headstone!in!Paul!
Cemetery,!Sheffield,!Paul.!!!
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WEBBER,!Robert.!Lance!Corporal.!14959.!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Somerset!Light!Infantry!
attached!!9th!!!(Service)!Battalion,!Devonshire!Regiment,!20th!Brigade,!7th!Division.!Killed!in!action!
on!Thursday!20th!July!1916!age!24.!Son!of!the!late!Mr!Webber!of!Dunstan,!Somerset!and!Mrs!F.!Wilkins!(formerly!Webber)!of!Belgravia!Street,!Penzance;!husband!of!Holly!Colliver!(neeWebber)!
(nee!Wilkins!of!Belgravia!Square,!Penzance)!of!Balcony!House,!St!Columb,!Cornwall.!Before!
enlistment!he!worked!for!the!Western!Union!Cable!Company,!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Arras!
Memorial,!France!(Bay!4),!on!St!Paul’s!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!
!WEEKS,!William.!Pioneer.!110225.!1st!Labour!Battalion,!Royal!Engineers.!Killed!in!action!on!
Friday!17th!November!1916!age!44.!Son!of!William!Weeks!of!Kingsbridge,!Devon;!husband!of!
Ethel!Morrison!Weeks!of!Glendower,!2!Sea!View!Terrace,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Born!in!Kingsbridge!
and!enlisted!in!London.!Interred!in!Guards!Cemetery,!Lesboeufs,!Somme,!France!(XII.D.6)!and!
listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!!!
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WELCH,!James!N.!Private.!3/6323.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!95th!Brigade,!5th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!23rd!July!1916.!Brother!of!Private!William!Thomas!Welch.!
Born!in!Madron!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Thiepval!Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!
and!Face!6B)!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!Battalion!were!in!line!on!19th!July!near!
Montauban!!and!were!subjected!to!active!enemy!artillery.!On!23rd!July,!during!the!Battle!of!
Delville!Wood,!A,!B!and!D!Companies!assaulted!three!strong!enemy!points!in!the!
Longueval/Delvelle!area.!D!Company!was!repulsed!with!heavy!losses.!The!other!two!companies!
reached!their!objective!but!were!flanked!by!the!enemy!and!forced,!owing!to!machine:gun!fire,!to!retire!with!heavy!casualties.!They!were!relieved!that!night!by!1st!Devons!and!returned!to!their!
trenches.!!
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WELCH,!William!Thomas.!Private.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Died!on!
Saturday!30th!October!1915!age!36!at!West!Cornwall!Infirmary,!Penzance.!Husband!of!Mrs!Welch!
of!Penzance!and!brother!of!Private!James!N.!Welch.!A!National!Reservist!who!was!called!up!at!the!outbreak!of!the!war.!Served!in!France!with!the!1!DCLI!and!was!invalided!home!suffering!from!
frost:bite.!Worked!for!a!number!of!years!on!the!wharves!at!Penzance!and!played!for!Penzance!
Rugby!Club.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!
Penzance!War!Memorial.!
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WELLINGTON,!Arthur!E.!Private.!22521.!D!Company,!6th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!
Light!Infantry,!43rd!Brigade,!14th!(Light)!Division.!Shot!by!a!sniper!on!the!evening!of!Tuesday!25th!July!1916!age!19!and!died!of!his!wound!the!following!day.!Apprentice!at!Alfred!Smith’s,!Clarence!
Street,!Penzance!before!enlistment.!Eldest!son!of!Richard!and!Charity!Wellington!of!22!Belgravia!
Street!and!later!of!7!Victoria!Place,!Penzance.!Born!in!Cheltenham,!Gloucestershire!and!enlisted!
in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Faubourg!D’Aiens!Cemetery,!Arras,!France!(I.E.61).!Listed!on!St!Mary’s!
Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembranceand!on!his!grandparents’!headstone!
(James!and!Elizabeth!Christophers)!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!!!
WHITE,!Thomas!Vivian.!Lance!Bombardier.!322072.!‘S’!Anti:Aircraft!Battery,!Royal!Garrison!
Artillery.!Died!of!pneumonia!on!Monday!23rd!September!1918!age!23!at!the!10th!General!Hospital,!
Rouen,!France.!Son!of!Mr!W.T.!White,!relieving!officer!to!the!Penzance!Board!of!Guardians.!
Enlisted!in!Wessex!Field!Ambulance,!Royal!Army!Medical!Corps!and!later!transferred!to!Royal!
Garrison!Artillery.!Interred!in!St!Sever!Cemetery!Extension,!Rouen,!France!(Q.VI.1).!Listed!on!
both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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WILKINS,!Richard!Henry.!First!Engineer.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Coath!(Penzance)!formerly!SS!
Skerryvose!(Glasgow).!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Wednesday!13th!December!1916!age!
59.!Son!of!John!and!Elizabeth!Wilkins!of!Vellanhoggan;!husband!of!Mary!Jane!Wilkins!of!12!
Richmond!Street,!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!The!SS!Coath!was!originally!presumed!sunk!by!a!mine!in!the!English!Channel!on!13th!December!1916,!with!the!loss!of!16!crew,!but!now!believed!to!have!been!torpedoed!and!sunk!
by!the!German!submarine!UB:38!off!Beachy!Head,!East!Sussex!enroute!Eastbourne!to!Le!Havre,!
France!with!a!cargo!of!arms!and!ammunition.!In!1904!she!had!collided!with!and!sank!the!RN!
submarine!A9!off!Plymouth,!Devon!but!with!no!casualties!on!either!vessel.!
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WILLEY,!Rupert!Harold!Duncan.!BA.!Captain.!General!List!attached!to!Inland!Water!Transport,!Royal!Engineers!but!in!his!obituary!in!the!Cornishman!dated!8th!October!1919!listed!as!13th!
Hussars!attached!to!Indian!Political!Service.!Murdered!on!Monday!14th!July!1919!age!33.!
Educated!at!Probus!School!and!Cambridge.!On!outbreak!of!war!joined!City!of!London!Royal!Army!
Medical!Corps!but!later!transferred!to!the!Public!Schools!Battalion.!In!1915!he!was!appointed!to!
the!staff!of!the!British!Consul!General!and!High!Commissioner!for!the!South!Persia!territories.!
Fourth!son!of!the!late!Joseph!Willey!of!Penzance!and!Lydia!Willey!now!of!9!Dennington!Park!Mansions,!West!End!Lane,!West!Hampstead,!London.!He,!along!with!a!Second!Lieutenant,!
Sergeant!and!two!telegraphists!were!murdered!by!Kurds!at!Amadia,!South!Kurdistan.!Listed!on!
the!Basra!Memorial,!Iraq!(Panel!43)!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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WILLIAMS,!Henry.!Private.!74560.!8th!Field!Ambulance,!Royal!Army!Medical!Corps.!Killed!in!
action!on!Monday!24th!July!1916!age!23.!Born!in!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Newton!Abbot,!Devon.!
Son!of!William!and!Martha!Williams!of!19!High!Street,!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Thiepval!Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!and!Face!4C),!on!High!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial!
and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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WILLIAMS,!James!Henry.!Sapper.!112716.!172nd!Tunnelling!Company,!Corps!of!Royal!Engineers.!
Killed!in!action!on!Friday!23rd!June!1916!age!27.!Son!of!James!and!Mary!Williams!of!Eglos,!
Ludgvan;!husband!of!Lilian!Williams!of!Long!Rock!then!5!Prospect!Place,!Penzance!and!later!of!7!
Clement!Street,!St!Pauls,!Bristol.!Born!in!Ludgvan!and!enlisted!in!Camborne.Interred!in!Ecoivres!Military!Cemetery,!Mont:St!Eloi,!near!Arras,!Pas!de!Calais,!France!(II.F.27).!Listed!on!Ludgvan!
Church!War!Memorial,!on!Long!Rock!Memorial!Institute!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!
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WILLIAMS,!Philip.!Private.!202524.!2/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry,!Delhi!
Brigade,!7th!(Meerut)!Divisional!Area.!Died!on!Friday!4th!July!1919!age!37.!Son!of!Philip!and!Elizabeth!Eddy!Williams;!husband!of!Margaret!Williams!of!3!Wesley!Place,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!
Interred!in!Delhi!War!Cemetery,!New!Delhi,!India!(9.A.24).!Listed!on!Tredavoe!Methodist!Church!
War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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WILLIAMS,!Roden!Noel.!Private.!45239.!2nd!Battalion,!Royal!Berkshire!Regiment!(Princess!
Charlotte!of!Wales’s),!25th!Brigade,!8th!Division.!Formerly!38598!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!29th!August!1918!age!25.!Born!in!Mousehole!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Husband!of!Mrs!E.!G.!Thomas!(formerly!Williams)!of!11!Melbourne!Terrace,!Heamoor,!
Penzance.!!Interred!in!Roclincourt!Military!Cemetery,!Arras,!Pas!de!Calais,!France!(IV.E.17).!
Listed!on!Newlyn,!Paul!Church,!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!On!29th!August!1918!the!2nd!Battalion!Royal!Berks!were!in!
trenches!near!Tilloy.!On!the!previous!day!they!were!informed!that!the!Germans!were!retreating!
and!they!were!ordered!to!pursue!them.!They!began!their!advance!at!1430!hours!on!29th!and!took!over!Canada!Trench!plus!a!few!outposts!further!on.!They!met!some!resistance!as!1!officer!and!7!
soldiers!were!killed!and!3!officers!and!26!soldiers!wounded!with!8!reported!missing.!!!
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WILLIAMS,!Sydney.!Corporal.!551558.!16th!(County!of!London)!Battalion!(Queen’s!Westminster!
Rifles),!London!Regiment,!169th!Brigade,!56th!Division.!Killed!in!action!on!Wednesday!28th!
August!1918!age!30.!Younger!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!F.L.!Williams!of!5!Regent!Terrace,!Penzance;!
husband!of!Edith!Williams!of!Woodsome!Road,!Highgate,!London.!Interred!in!Queant!Road!Cemetery,!Buissy,!Pas!de!Calais,!France!(IV.A.36).!Listed!on!Chapel!Street!Methodist!Church!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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WILLIAMS,!William!King.!Private.!28583.!7th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry,!61st!Brigade,!20th!(Light)!Division.!!Born!in!St!Hilary!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Killed!in!
action!on!Sunday!24th!March!1918!age!29.!Son!of!Richard!and!Annie!Williams!of!7!Trungle,!Paul;!
husband!of!Beatrice!Mary!Williams!of!1!Carn!Gwavas!Terrace,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Pozieres!Memorial,!near!Albert,!Somme,!France!(Panel!45),!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!
Centenary!Primitive!Methodist!Church,!Gwavas!Road,!Newlyn,!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!
in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!Prior!to!joining!worked!for!Messrs!Simpson!Bros!of!
Penzance.!!A!noted!cricketer!and!athlete.!In!early!March!7!DCLI!were!in!the!area!of!Flavy:le:
Meldeux!training!in!open!warfare!until!the!20th!!They!were!part!of!61!Brigade,!20th!Division.!The!
German!Spring!Offensive!began!on!21st!March!when!64!divisions!were!launched!across!the!Somme.!7!DCLI!spent!that!night!dug!in!along!the!St!Quentin!Canal!and!early!the!following!
morning!withdrew!to!Ollezy!in!Brigade!reserve.!On!the!night!23rd!/24th!March!they!!had!held!the!
railway!embankment!south!of!Ollezy!but!at!dawn!on!24th!the!enemy’s!attacks!recommenced!and!
were!pressed!with!great!vigour.!Around!noon!the!unit!on!their!right!fell!back!and!7!DCLI!were!
forced!to!fight!a!fierce!rearguard!action!in!which!their!losses!were!severe.!They!fell!back!to!a!
sunken!road!north:east!of!Villeselve.!Once!again!the!enemy!attacked!but!7!DCLI!held!firm!and!took!a!heavy!toll!of!the!grey!masses!flung!against!them.!!However,!late!in!the!day!they!were!
forced!to!withdraw!again!in!order!to!conform!to!the!changes!in!the!front!line.!By!the!following!
day!only!43!all!ranks!were!effective.!!
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WINTERBOTTOM,!Archie.!Private.!200459.!1/4th!Battalion!(T.F.),!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry,!234th!Brigade,!75th!Division.!Died!on!Wednesday!28th!November!1917!age!23.!Third!son!
of!Richard!and!Sarah!Winterbottom!of!6!Abbey!Place,!Penzance.!Born!in!St!Mary’s,!Penzance!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Deir!El!Belah!War!Cemetery,!Gaza,!Israel!(B.163).!Listed!on!
Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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WOOLCOCK,!William!Frederick.!Private.!28917.!7th!(Service)!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!
Infantry,!61st!Brigade,!20th!(Light)!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Wednesday!14th!February!1917!
age!20.!Son!of!James!and!Grace!Woolcock!of!Richmond!Street,!Heamoor,!Penzance.!Born!in!
Madron!and!enlisted!in!Penzance.!Interred!in!Grove!Town!Cemetery,!Meaulte,!Somme,!France!(IV.B.1).!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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WOOLSTON,!James!Hawthorn.!Lance!Corporal.!17485.!2nd!Regiment,!South!African!Infantry,!
South!African!Brigade,!9th!(Scottish)!Division.!Died!of!wounds!on!Monday!28th!October!1918!age!
44.!Professor!of!Mathematics,!Grey!University!Collage,!Bloemfontein,!South!Africa.!Eldest!son!of!Frederic!and!Mary!Ann!Woolston!of!Penzance,!Cornwall!and!formerly!of!Wellingborough,!
Northamptonshire.!Interred!in!Mont!Huon!Military!Cemetery,!Le!Treport,!France!(VIII.N.7B).!
Listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!On!24th!March!1918,!
during!the!Somme!Retreat,!the!South!African!Brigade!was!in!position!on!the!divisional!right!on!
the!ridge!west!of!Marrieres!Wood.!!Under!a!heavy!German!attack!the!brigade!was!surrounded!
and!virtually!annihilated!.!Many!were!taken!prisoner!but!some!made!it!safely!back!and!in!late!
April,!for!lack!of!drafts,!were!formed!into!a!composite!battalion!which!continued!to!serve!until!it!left!the!9th!Division!in!September!1918.!
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WORTH,!Philip!Charles.!Seaman.!2246C.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Jason.!Killed!on!active!service!
on!Saturday!7th!April!1917!age!35.!Fisherman!by!trade.!Husband!of!Mrs!Fanny!Elizabeth!Quick!
Worth!of!30!Gwavas!Street,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!24)!and!
on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial.!Also!listed!on!Penzance!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Jason,!an!Alarm!class!torpedo!gunboat,!was!mined!near!Coll!Island!off!the!
west!coast!of!Scotland!on!7th!April!1917.!There!were!no!survivors.!
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WRIGHT,!Coleman!Carolan.!Able!Seaman!(Leading!Boatman!Coast!Guard!:!stationed!at!Marazion!
prior!to!war!service).!233208.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Monmouth.!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!
Sunday!1st!November!1914!age!45.!Son!of!John!and!Mary!Wright!of!Mousehole;!husband!of!Lily!
Wright!of!9!Alma!Place,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!2),!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Marazion!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!HMS!Monmouth,!
a!Monmouth!class!armoured!cruiser,!was!part!of!the!5th!Cruiser!Squadron!at!the!outbreak!of!the!
Great!War.!!Along!with!HMS!Good!Hope!(flagship!of!Rear!Admiral!Sir!Christopher!Craddock),!
HMS!Glasgow!and!the!converted!ex:liner!Otranto!she!met,!and!was!defeated!by,!a!superior!
German!force!(Vice!Admiral!Graf!Maximilian!von!Spee)!off!the!coast!of!Chile!on!1st!November!
1914!(Battle!of!Coronel).!There!were!no!survivors!from!either!HMS!Good!Hope!or!HMS!
Monmouth!but!HMS!Glasgow,!although!she!suffered!several!hits,!and!Otranto!both!escaped.!!
WROATH,!William.!Seaman.!Mercantile!Marine.!SS!Coath!(Penzance)!formerly!SS!Skerryvose!
(Glasgow).!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Wednesday!13th!December!1916!age!33.!Seaman!
by!trade.!Son!of!William!and!Annie!Wroath!of!North!Street,!Mousehole;!husband!of!Mary!Wroath!
(nee!Polglase)!of!Vanguard!House,!Mousehole,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London,!Transport!War!Memorial,!Newhaven,!East!Sussex!(North!panel),!!Mousehole!Methodist!Chapel,!
on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!SS!Coath!was!
originally!presumed!sunk!by!a!mine!in!the!English!Channel!on!13th!December!1916,!with!the!loss!
of!16!crew,!but!now!believed!to!have!been!torpedoed!and!sunk!by!the!German!submarine!UB:38!
off!Beachy!Head,!East!Sussex!en!route!Eastbourne!to!Le!Havre,!France!with!a!cargo!of!arms!and!
ammunition.!In!1904!she!had!collided!with!and!sank!the!RN!submarine!A9!off!Plymouth,!Devon!but!with!no!casualties!on!either!vessel.!The!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!which!is!situated!near!the!
Tower!of!London,!commemorates!the!men!from!the!Merchant!Navy!and!Fishing!Fleets!who!have!
no!known!grave!and!died!during!the!two!world!wars.!!
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YELLAND,!Richard!Henry.!Military!Medal.!Lance!Corporal.!3774.!1/8th!(City!of!London)!Battalion!
(Post!Office!Rifles),!London!Regiment,!140th!!Brigade,!47th!(2nd!London)!Division.!Killed!in!action!
on!Saturday!16th!September!1916!age!19!in!High!Wood.!Previously!a!postman!at!Penzance!Post!Office.!Son!of!John!and!Emma!Yelland!of!4!South!Place!Folly,!Penzance.!Enlisted!in!Penzance.!
Listed!on!the!Thiepval!Memorial,!Somme,!France!(Pier!and!Face!9C!and!9D).!Also!listed!on!St!
Mary’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Penzance!War!Memorial,!Penzance!Post!Office!War!Memorial!and!
in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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NORTHERN!IRELAND!1921!
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HALL,!Bertram.!Private!(Driver).!01479.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Died!
from!the!result!of!gunshot!wounds!on!Monday!30th!May!1921!age!19.!Son!of!Mr!&!Mrs!John!Hall!
of!Madron;!husband!of!Mrs!B.!Hall!of!46!Daniel!Place,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!He!joined!(underage)!the!Royal!Navy!in!1916!age!14!and!served!in!Penzance!naval!section!until!the!end!of!the!war.!
Enlisted!in!the!Regular!Army!at!Bodmin!on!15th!July!1919!for!12!years!and,!after!training,!was!
posted!to!1!DCLI!in!Northern!Ireland.!While!on!guard!at!a!camp!at!Ballyshannon,!County!Donegal,!
not!long!after!his!arrival,!he!was!wounded!in!the!hip!when!a!party!of!men!fired!from!motor!cars!
while!passing!the!camp.!He!was!removed!to!Belfast!Military!Hospital!and!from!there!transferred!
to!West!Cornwall!Infirmary,!Penzance.!Later!he!was!moved!to!a!hospital!at!Devonport,!Plymouth!
and!then!to!Miners’!Hospital,!Redruth.!While!in!hospital!he!married!his!girlfriend!who!nursed!him!until!the!end.!!!Listed!in!Madron!Church!and!Penzance!Books!of!Remembrance!and!interred!
in!Penzance!Cemetery!with!a!service!headstone!following!a!service!at!St!Mary’s!Church,!
Penzance.!
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ABRAHAM,!James!Henry.!Private.!5436136.!5th!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Killed!
in!action!on!Tuesday!11th!July!1944!age!31.!Born!and!resident!in!Cornwall.!Son!of!Bertram!and!Beatrice!Caroline!Abraham;!husband!of!Mazie!Abraham!of!Liskeard,!Cornwall.!Interred!in!
Banneville:la:Campagne!War!Cemetery,!near!Caen,!Calvados,!France.!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!
Memorial!(but!spelt!ABRAHAMS)!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!Allied!offensive!in!
north:western!Europe!began!with!the!Normandy!landings!of!6th!June!1944.!Private!James!
Abraham!was!killed!during!the!heavy!fighting!on!Hill!112!(Cornwall!Hill)!when!the!battalion!
suffered!320!casualties!of!which!93,!including!the!commanding!officer,!were!killed!in!action.!!
!ALLEN,!George!Edward.!Plumber!4th!Class.!D/MX!74014.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Neptune.!Killed!in!
action!on!Friday!19th!December!1941!age!22.!Son!of!James!George!and!Ellen!Allen!of!Penzance.!
Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Neptune,!a!
Leander!Class!Light!Cruiser,!was!sunk!off!Tripoli,!Libya!by!four!mines!laid!by!an!Italian!cruiser!
force!in!June!1941.!There!was!only!one!survivor!from!the!crew!of!767.!
!ALLEN,!Henry!Benjamin!(Ernie).!Private!(Ambulance!Driver).!St!John!Ambulance!Brigade.!Killed!
by!an!explosion!while!attempting!to!recover!bodies!from!a!minefield!on!Eastern!Green!beach,!
Penzance!on!Tuesday!4th!March!1941!age!44.!Husband!of!Mrs!H.!Allen!of!4!Weethes!Cottages,!
Penzance.!Employed!as!a!chauffeur!to!Mr!Frank!Mair!of!Alverne!Hill,!Penzance.!Funeral!at!St!
Paul’s!Church,!Penzance!on!7th!March!1941!followed!by!internment!at!Pinnoe,!Exeter.!Listed!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
ANDERSON,!Norman.!Leading!Seaman.!LT/JX!205273.!Royal!Naval!Patrol!Service.!HM!Motor!
Launch!1246.!Accidentally!killed!on!active!service!on!Monday!16th!August!1943!age!23!years.!Son!
of!Arie!and!Jane!Anderson;!husband!of!Joan!Anderson!of!13!Caldwell’s!Road,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!
Interred!in!Syracuse!War!Cemetery,!Sicily,!Italy.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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ANDREW,!Edward!Clarence.!Lance!Corporal.!5441013.!2nd!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Died!of!wounds!on!Saturday!18th!March!1944!age!24.!Youngest!son!of!Thomas!Nicholas,!
organist,!and!Bessie!Annie!Andrew!of!2!Church!Terrace,!Penzance,!Cornwall!and!later!of!Pencoys.!
Interred!in!Minturno!War!Cemetery,!Italy.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!both!
Pencoys!and!Carn!Brea!War!Memorials.!Educated!at!Redruth!Grammar!School.!An!accomplished!
violinist.!He!was!attached!to!a!Services!concert!party!and!on!the!way!to!an!engagement!his!
vehicle!was!hit!by!a!shell.!At!the!time!his!battalion!was!in!position!on!Monte!Ornito!near!
Castelforte!over!the!period!8!:!18!March!during!the!Battle!of!Cassino.!The!weather!was!terrible!with!incessant!storms!of!sleet!and!rain.!There!was!little!offensive!action!except!for!some!
patrolling.!Due!to!the!terrain!digging!was!impossible!so!sangars!,!covered!with!ground!sheets,!
were!built!to!give!some!protection!from!the!occasional!shelling!and!mortaring.!The!battalion!was!
relieved!in!the!line!on!18th!March!and!moved!back!to!Mugnano,!north!of!Naples!for!a!welcome!
period!of!rest.!!
!ANNETTS,!Ronald!(Ronnie)!James.!AB!Seaman.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Raleigh.!Killed!on!Monday!28th!
April!1941!age!19!in!German!air!raid!in!Plymouth!area.!Son!of!Albert!James!and!Winifred!
Florence!Annetts!of!Reading,!Berkshire.!Interred!at!Horson!Cemetery,Torpoint,!Cornwall.!Listed!
on!Gulval!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Raleigh!is!the!
training!shore!base!at!Torpoint,!Cornwall.!
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APPLEBY,!Rachel!Joan!Dorcas.!Staff!Nurse.!Civilian.!Killed!on!duty!during!air!raid!at!Royal!Cornwall!Infirmary,!Truro!on!Thursday!6th!August!1942!age!20.!Daughter!of!Mr!and!Mrs!David!
Appleby!of!10!Penbrea!Road,!Treneer,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!Listed!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!On!the!Thursday!evening!two!enemy!fighter!bombers!each!
dropped!a!500!Kg!bomb!on!the!city.!One!fell!on!the!hospital!demolishing!the!south!wing,!killing!
two!nurses,!while!the!other!exploded!in!mid:air!above!Agar!Road.!Fourteen!people!were!killed!
and!more!than!65!injured.!The!other!nurse!was!Kathleen!Clowes!Peacock!SRN,!CMB,!age!20,!daughter!of!Francis!John!and!Maud!Mary!Peacock!of!Rectory!Road,!Coltishall,!Norwich.!The!
hospital!was!later!known!as!The!City!Hospital.!!
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ATKIN,!Frederick!(Fred)!John.!Private.!5444888.!5th!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!
Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!19th!November!1944!age!24.!Eldest!son!of!John!William!and!Amelia!
Thomas!Atkin!of!17!Parc!Wartha!Avenue,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Interred!in!Brunssum!War!
Cemetery,!Limburg,!Netherlands.!Listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!Battalion!was!in!position!just!short!of!the!German!frontier!and!already!
patrolling!into!Germany.!It!became!necessary!to!clear!Geilkirchen,!a!small!German!town!on!the!
River!Wurm,!and!this!was!to!be!achieved!by!encirclement.!The!Battalion’s!objective!was!the!
village!of!Hocheide!and!then!to!establish!themselves!in!Bruggerhof!on!the!road!leading!out!of!
Geilerkirchen.!After!crossing!the!start!line!the!Battalion!suffered!heavy!enemy!shelling!but!
persevered!and!took!all!objectives!with!light!casualties.!Private!Aiken!was!killed!during!the!first!
British!assault!on!Germany.!!!
BAILEY,!Eric!Howard.!Writer.!D/MX!81570.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Paris.!Died!at!Tihidy!Sanatorium,!
Illogan!on!Wednesday!17th!June!1942!age!21.!!Son!of!Harold!and!Annie!Louisa!Bailey!of!Penzance.!
Interred!Penzance!Cemetery.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Paris,!a!French!
battleship!of!!22,189!tons,!was!seized!at!Plymouth!on!3rd!July!1940.!Became!a!guardship!with!Polish!crew!and!then!a!depot!ship!from!July!1941.!Returned!to!the!French!Navy!in!1945.!!
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BAKER,!Albert!Joseph!(Jack).!Leading!Aircraftsman!(Cadet!Pilot).!1313480.!Royal!Air!Force!
Volunteer!Reserve.!3rd!Flying!Training!School,!RAF!Upavon,!Wiltshire.!Killed!on!active!service!
under!training!on!Sunday!26th!October!1941!age!18.!Educated!at!Lescudjack!School!and!employee!
of!Penzance!District!Industrial!Co:operative!Society!prior!to!enlisting.!Member!of!24!Squadron,!Penzance!Air!Cadets!(Air!Training!Corps).!Second!son!on!of!S/Sgt!Henry!George!and!Mrs!Mary!
Ann!Baker!of!24!Taroveor!Terrace,!Penzance.!Interred!Penzance!Cemetery!and!listed!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!
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BALLS,!Arthur!James.!T/Corporal.!537877.!Royal!Air!Force.!Died!of!malaria!while!prisoner!of!war!
of!Japanese!in!North!Borneo!on!Thursday!19th!April!1945!age!27.!Son!of!Arthur!James!and!Sarah!
Balls!of!12!Chywoone!Hill,!Gwavas!Estate,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Kranji!War!Memorial,!Singapore!(Column!452),!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!on!parents’!
headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield,!Paul.!
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BARNES,!Alfred!Anderson.!!Died!through!war!service!on!Wednesday!21st!January!1948!age!28.!!
Served!during!the!war!for!over!6!years!with!the!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry!and!the!Royal!
Army!Service!Corps.!Youngest!son!of!William!and!Mary!Barnes!of!3!Penlee!Street,!Penzance.!
Employed!on!the!clerical!staff!of!the!Western!National!Omnibus!Company.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!and!listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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BARR,!Richard!Eugene!(Gene).!Sergeant!(Rear!Air!Gunner).!1203767.!149!Squadron,!Royal!Air!
Force.!Killed!in!action!on!Tuesday!30th!June!1942!age!29!during!operations!over!Bremen,!
Germany.!Eldest!son!of!Richard!and!Nellie!Barr!of!West!Lodge,!Trenwainton,!Madron,!Penzance;!
husband!of!Lena!Marjorie!Barr!of!11!Penwith!Street,!Penzance.!Interred!in!New!Eastern!Cemetery,!Amsterdam,!Netherlands.!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!
War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Played!for!Penzance!AFC.!At!the!time!of!
his!death!149!Squadron!was!operating!Wellington!bombers!out!of!RAF!Snaith,!Yorkshire.!!
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BARRETT,!Dennis.!Serjeant.!5439966.!5th!Battalion!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Killed!in!
action!on!Saturday!17th!February!1945!age!27.!Son!of!John!Francis!and!Mary!Barrett!of!Stamps!
Hill,!Nancledra;!husband!of!Florrie!Barrett.!Reichswald!Forest!War!Cemetery,!Kleve,!Germany.!Listed!on!Madron!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!On!17th!February!the!
Battalion,!supported!by!D!Squadron!4th!/7th!Dragoon!Guards,!occupied!positions!on!the!outskirts!
of!!the!village!of!Goch.!It!was!open!countryside,!relatively!flat,!scattered!with!isolated!farmhouses.!
Any!movement!in!the!open!brought!down!enemy!fire!of!all!natures!from!Spandaus!to!shell!and!
mortar!bombs.!One!casualty!from!the!shellfire!was!the!Provost!Sergeant,!Dennis!Barrett.!!
!BATH,!Walter!James.!AB!Seaman.!D/JX!285226.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Niger!(J73).!Lost!at!sea!on!
Monday!6th!July!1942!age!20.!Son!of!Annie!Parsons!(nee!Bath)!of!11!Jamaica!Terrace,!Heamoor,!
Penzance.!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Niger,!a!Halcyon!class!minesweeper,!was!sunk!by!mines!
off!Iceland!while!escorting!convoy!QP:17!homeward!bound!from!Russia.!!
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BAXTER,!William!R.!(Billy).!Seaman.!Merchant!Navy.!SS!Scottish!Musician.!Killed!at!sea!by!enemy!action!on!Friday!18th!April!1941!age!21.!Son!of!Richard!George!and!Ruth!Baxter!of!Penzance;!
husband!of!Beatrice!Joy!Baxter!of!55!Parc!Wartha,!Penzance.!Interred!Penzance!Cemetery!(Sec!F,!
Row!B,!Grave!3).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!A!tanker!of!7,000!tons,!built!in!1922!
by!Vickers!of!Barrow!and!owned!by!Tankers!Ltd.!On!passage!from!Falmouth!to!Aruba!in!Ballast!
when!attacked!by!aircraft!on!18th!April!1941!three!miles!off!St!Ann’s!Head.!She!had!a!crew!of!45!
and!six!gunners!of!which!Billy!Baxter!and!one!gunner!were!killed.!Taken!in!tow!she!arrived!at!
Newport!on!2nd!May.!She!was!a!tough!and!lucky!ship!because!eight!months!later,!on!5th!January!1942,!she!struck!a!mine!off!Southwold!on!voyage!from!London!to!Aruba.!By!the!end!of!that!
month!she!was!repaired!and!back!to!sea.!
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BEARE,!Dorothy!Louise.!Nurse.!St!John!Ambulance!and!Woman’s!Voluntary!Service.!Killed!in!air!
raid!on!Sunday!8th!June!1941!age!35!at!15!Alma!Terrace,!Penzance.!Daughter!of!Ernest!and!
Minnie!Beare!of!22!Pendarves!Road,!Penzance.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Interred!in!family!grave!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!Just!before!2300!hrs!10!high!explosive!and!a!
number!of!incendiary!bombs!fell.!Six!houses!were!completely!destroyed!at!Alma!Place,!another!
30!seriously!damaged!!and!about!700!persons!were!affected.!One!bomb!on!St!James!Street!caused!
widespread!damaged!affecting!some!300!houses.!Nine!persons,!including!a!member!of!the!
Auxiliary!Fire!Service,!were!killed!and!26!were!seriously!injured.!
!BEARE,!Frederick!(Fred)!Charles.!Civilian.!Killed!in!air!raid!on!Sunday!8th!June!1941!age!62!at!15!
Alma!Terrace,!Penzance.!Butcher!by!trade.!Son!of!James!Henry!and!Martha!Beare!of!75!Market!
Jew!Street,!Penzance.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!See!Beare!above!for!details.!
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BELSOM,!Richard!Albert.!AB!Seaman.!D/JX240986.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Neptune!(20).!Killed!in!
action!on!Friday!19th!December!1941!age!18.!Son!of!Charles!William!and!Emmeline!Belsom!of!3!
Polweath!Road,!Treneere!Estate,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Neptune,!Achilles!class!light!cruiser,!was!built!in!1933.!Sunk!in!
heavy!seas!off!Tripoli,!Libya!on!19th!December!1941!by!four!mines!laid!by!an!Italian!cruiser!force!
in!June!of!that!year.!There!was!only!one!survivor!from!the!crew!of!767!and!he!was!rescued!by!an!
Italian!torpedo!boat!four!days!later.!
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BENNETT,!Gordon!Herbert.!Pilot!Officer.!18242.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!17!Squadron,!
Royal!Air!Force.!Died!on!active!service!on!Tuesday!30th!April!1940!age!45.!Previously!served!in!Royal!Flying!Corps!during!the!Great!War!and!in!the!Royal!Air!Force!1924!:!1929.!Son!of!Edward!
and!Lilian!Bennett;!husband!of!Elizabeth!Marion!Bennett!nee!Scott!of!Ponsandane!Estate,!Gulval!
and!subsequently!of!Arkley,!Barnet,!Hertfordshire.!Funeral!at!Gulval!Church.!Listed!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!Gulval!Church!War!Memorial.!At!the!time!of!his!death!17!Sqn!was!
operating!Hurricane!Mark!I!fighters!out!of!RAF!Debden,!Essex!and!RAF!Martlesham,!Suffolk!as!
part!of!11!Fighter!Group.!!
BENNETTS,!James!Samuel.!Sergeant!(Air!Gunner).!1013391.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!
70!Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!Died!on!Friday!15th!September!1944!age!24.!Son!of!Samuel!
Reynolds!Bennetts!and!Agatha!Mary!Bennetts!of!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Interred!in!Phaleron!War!
Cemetery,!Athens,!Greece!(13.C.15).!The!squadron!was!equipped!with!Mark!X!Wellington!
bombers!and!was!operating!out!of!Cerignola,!Foggia,!southern!Italy.!
!BICKFORD,!Jack!Grant.!Distinguished!Service!Order.!Distinguished!Service!Cross.!Captain.!
Royal!Navy.!HMS!Express!(H61).!Died!of!wounds!on!Tuesday!10th!September!1940!age!43.!
Listed!on!Portsmouth!Naval!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Express,!
an!E!class!minelaying!destroyer,!took!part!in!the!evacuation!at!Dunkirk.!On!20th!August!1940!a!
group!of!destroyers!from!20th!Destroyer!Flotilla,!left!Immingham!on!a!minelaying!mission!off!
the!Dutch!coast.!HMS!Express!struck!a!mine!and!was!badly!damaged!and!lost!four!officers!and!55!ratings.!HMS!Esk!went!to!her!assistance!and!hit!a!mine!and!sank!immediately,!HMS!Ivanhoe!
also!went!to!her!assistance!and!hit!a!mine!and!was!badly!damaged,!so!much!so!that!she!had!to!
be!sunk!by!HMS!Kelvin.!HMS!Express!was!escorted!back!to!base!for!major!repairs!and!
transferred!to!the!Royal!Canadian!Navy!as!HMCS!Gatineau!in!June!1943.!She!was!scrapped!in!
1956.!
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BLEWETT,!Samuel!(Sam).!Merchant!Navy/Trinity!House.!THS!Warden.!Drowned!on!Sunday!10th!January!1943!age!31.!!Son!of!John!and!Mary!Blewett;!husband!of!Ruth!Joan!Blewett.!Funeral!
service!at!Primitive!Methodist!Church,!Newlyn.!!Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!
Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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BODILLY,!Mary!Louise!Garland.!Miss.!Civilian.!Killed!in!air!raid!on!Sunday!27th!September!1942!
age!67.!Resident!at!4!Penalverne!Flats,!Penzance.!Daughter!of!John!Joseph!Bodilly.!Interred!in!
Penzance!Cemetery.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!In!the!early!hours!of!the!morning!12!high!explosives!and!more!than!thirty!50!Kg!incendiary!bombs!were!dropped!in!the!business!
quarter!of!the!town.!This!caused!much!damage!near!Green!Market,!North!Parade!and!Union!
Street.!Fire!were!caused!at!Parc!Wartha,!Penalverne!Avenue!and!Trezela!Road;!a!W.V.S.!Depot!
was!damaged!and!clothing!destroyed.!There!were!15!casualties!including!the!death!of!Mary!
Bodilly.!
!!BOLITHO,!Michael!Lempriere.!Captain.!Coldstream!Guards.!Killed!in!action!at!Oran!on!Sunday!8th!
November!1942!age!25!during!the!Allied!landings!of!North!Africa.!He!was!involved!in!SOE!
operations!while!serving!in!the!sloop!HMS!Walney!(Y04).!Elder!son!of!Major!Richard!John!Bruce!
and!Roselle!Bolitho!of!Ponsandane,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Listed!on!the!Medjez:el:Bab!Memorial,!
Tunisia,!North!Africa,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!Gulval!Church!War!Memorial.!
Formerly!the!US!Coastguard!Cutter!Sebago!built!in!1930!and!passed!to!the!RN!in!1940!under!the!Lease!Lend!Agreement.!She!embarked!troops!at!Gibraltar!for!Operation!Reservist!and!came!
under!heavy!fire!from!the!French!sloop!La!Surprise!and!shore!defences!whilst!leading!her!sister!
ship!(HMS!Hartland)!into!Oran!Harbour.!She!sank!with!heavy!loss!of!life.!!
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BOSWORTH,!William!Frederick.!Merchant!Navy.!Chief!Officer.!SS!Tredinnick!(St!Ives).!Believed!
killed!by!enemy!action!on!Wednesday!25th!March!1942!aged!35.!Son!of!William!Frederick!Edwin!
Bosworth!(Skipper,!late!of!Newlyn!Ship!Institute)!and!Ruth!Bosworth!of!Moray!Firth,!Tencreek!Avenue,!Penzance;!husband!of!Martha!Ann!Bosworth.!!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London,!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance,!on!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul!and!on!
daughter’s!headstone!if!Penzance!Cemetery.!SS!Tredinnick!,!a!ship!of!4,587!tons,!was!built!in!
1921!at!South!Shields!and!owned!by!Hain!Steamship!Co!Ltd!of!St!Ives.!Sailed!from!New!York!on!
18th!March!1942!for!Table!Mountain!and!Bombay!with!a!cargo!of!Government!stores!and!general.!
Crew!of!40!and!6!gunners.!Lloyds!of!London!considered!her!lost!on!25th!March!1942!by!war!
causes.!!
BROWN,!Leslie!Jock.!Corporal.!5437777.!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry!attached!No!51!
Commando.!Killed!in!action!between!Friday!15th!and!Monday!18th!January!1943!age!26.!Son!of!
Leslie!and!Mabel!Brown!of!Penzance.!Interred!in!Enfidaville!War!Cemetery,!Tunisia,!North!Africa.!
Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!BRYANT,!Frederick!George.!Sergeant.!580939.!108!Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!Lost!on!training!
flight!on!Tuesday!10th!October!1939!age!27.!Blenheim!I!bomber!L1219.!Son!of!Arthur!John!and!
Lillie!Bryant!of!Kenton,!Middlesex.!Listed!on!Runnymede!Memorial,!Surrey!and!in!Penzance!Book!
of!Remembrance.!Took!off!from!RAF!Bicester,!Oxfordshire!on!a!training!flight!towards!the!Isle!of!
Man!and!was!lost!without!trace.!!
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CARKEEK,!Donald.!Private.!4754416.!1st!Battalion!East!Yorkshire!Regiment.!Died!after!a!short!illness!on!Sunday!8th!October!1944!age!29.!Only!son!of!John!and!Annie!Carkeek!of!The!Crown!
Inn,!Victoria!Square,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Madras!War!Cemetery,!Chennai,!India.!Listed!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parents!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
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CHALUS,!Odile!de.!Child!Evacuee.!Died!Friday!8th!November!1940!age!13.!Daughter!of!Capt!C.H.!
Francois!de!Chalus!RAMC!and!Georgette!de!Chalus!of!1!Inverness!Gardens,!Kensington,!London.!Injured!in!air!raid!on!Thursday!7th!November!1940!and!died!at!West!Cornwall!Hospital,!
Penzance.!Interred!Penzance!Cemetery!(M1.41).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Sixty!
bombs!fell!in!the!business!and!residential!areas!of!Penzance.!A!main!road!was!closed!for!three!
days!because!of!an!unexploded!bomb,!and!the!Union!Hotel!had!a!lucky!escape!when!a!bomb,!
which!failed!to!explode,!fell!within!a!few!feet!of!some!underground!petrol!tanks.!Three!persons!
were!killed!and!sixteen!injured!as!a!result!of!the!raid.!
!CHAPPELL,!John!Charles.!Private.!5441975.!Wiltshire!Regiment.!Died!on!active!service!in!Bath!
Military!Hospital!on!Monday!28th!July!1941!age!26.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!William!Chappell!and!
stepson!of!Annie!Chappell;!husband!of!Jessie!Chappell!of!16!Treweath!Road,!Treneere,!Penzance.!
Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!with!a!service!headstone!(Plot!17).!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!
Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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CHAPPLE,!Henry!Bennetts.!Flying!Officer.!58992.!Royal!Air!Force.!RAF!Cottesmore,!Rutland.!Killed!in!flying!accident!on!Saturday!31st!January!1948!age!20!during!a!mosquito!cross!country!
training!flight!near!Grantham,!Lincolnshire.!Commissioned!as!a!Pilot!Officer!from!the!ranks!
(3038696)!on!16th!April!1947.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!E.L.!Chapple!of!9!Alverne!Buildings,!Penzance.!
Educated!at!Penzance!County!Grammar!School!(Treneere!House)!(now!Humphry!Davy!School).!
Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
!CHAPPLE,!Joseph!(Joe).!HM!Coastguard!(Auxiliary).!Lost!his!life!on!patrol!duty!on!Monday!11th!
December!1944!age!51.!Husband!of!Mabel!Chapple!of!Penberth,!St!Buryan.!His!body!was!found!at!
the!bottom!of!cliffs!at!Carn!Barges,!!Lamorna.!Served!in!the!Royal!Navy!during!World!War!1!on!
minesweepers!in!the!Mediterranean.!Interred!in!St!Buryan!Cemetery!(Left!hand!side,!first!row).!
Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!St!Buryan!Church!War!Memorial.!!
!CHIFFERS,!George!Basil.!!Volunteer.!!12th!Cornwall!(Land’s!End)!Battalion,!Home!Guard.!!Killed!on!
duty!on!Tuesday!27th!May!1941!aged!17!years.!!Son!of!Ethel!Chiffers!of!2!New!Road,!Newlyn.!!
Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul!(Grave!148).!!Severely!injured!in!the!leg!!by!
shrapnel!from!German!aircraft!which!was!bombing!and!straffing!Newlyn!harbour.!!Died!in!West!
Cornwall!Hospital!that!night!from!his!injuries.!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!
!CHINN,!Charles!Leslie!(Nipper).!Stoker!1st!Class.!D/KX121003.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Repulse!(34).!
Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Wednesday!10th!December!1941.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!T!H!
Chinn!of!53!Trevean!Road,!Penzance;!husband!of!Rosa!Chinn!(nee!Casley)!of!2!Clifton!Hill,!
Newlyn,!Penzance.!Brother!of!James!(Jimmy)!Chinn,!the!Cornish/South!West!boxing!champion.!
Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!HMS!Repulse,!a!Renown!class!battleship,!was!sunk,!along!with!HMS!Prince!of!
Wales,!by!Japanese!bombers!and!torpedo!planes!on!10th!December!1941!off!the!coast!of!Malaya.!!
CHINN,!William!Richard.!Seaman.!LT/JX173155.!Royal!Naval!Patrol!Service.!HM!Trawler!Topaze.!
Lost!his!life!at!sea!on!Sunday!20th!April!1941!age!26.!Son!of!William!John!(Jack)!and!Minnie!Chinn!
of!6!Polweath!Road,!Treneere,!Penzance;!husband!of!Lilly!Chinn!(nee!Thomas)!of!Newlyn.!Listed!
on!Lowestoft!Naval!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!family!headstone!in!
Penzance!Cemetery!(Plot!17).!HM!Trawler!Topaze!was!sunk!in!a!collision!with!HMS!Rodney!in!the!Clyde,!Scotland!on!20th!April!1941.!!
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CLARK,!Stanley.!Private.!5627744.!Corps!of!Military!Police.!Died!at!Bystock!Convalesent!Home,!
Exmouth,!Devon!on!Wednesday!15th!November!1944!age!40.!Son!of!William!John!and!Mary!
Elizabeth!Clark!of!Penzance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!(Plot!17).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!
!COOPER,!Tom!Coleman.!Member!of!the!British!Empire.!Superintendent.!Penzance!St!John!
Ambulance!Brigade.!Died!tragically!at!Barrow!Hill,!Worcester!Park,!Surrey!on!Sunday!6th!
November!1949!age!55.!Native!of!London.!Served!in!France!during!WWI!with!16th!Queen’s!
Lancers.!Husband!of!Mabel!Cooper!of!14!Alverton!Street,!Penzance.!Awarded!the!MBE!for!his!part!
in!leading!the!rescue!team!at!the!minefield!disaster!on!Eastern!Green!beach!on!4th!March!1941!
(See!Ernie!Allen!above).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!(Plot!20)!following!a!funeral!service!at!St!Mary’s!Church,!Penzance.!
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CORNISH,!Edwin!Trehane.!Supply!Assistant!(Ship’s!Writer).!D/MX59647.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!
Courageous!(50).!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Sunday!17th!September!1939!age!19!after!
only!four!months!service.!Only!son!of!James!Cornish!and!Lourina!Trehane!Cornish!of!St!Clement’s!
Terrace,!Mousehole!and!grandson!of!Mrs!P.!Cornish!of!St!Clement’s!Cottage.!Educated!at!
Penzance!County!School!for!Boys!and!played!for!Mousehole!Football!Club.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!35,!Column!1),!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Mousehole!Methodist!
Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parents’!headstone!in!Paul!
Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!HMS!Courageous,!a!Fleet!aircraft!carrier!of!the!Courageous!class,!
was!launched!in!1916.!She!covered!the!passage!of!the!British!Expeditionary!Force!to!France!and!
was!then!assigned!to!anti:submarine!operations!in!the!Western!Approaches.!On!17th!September!
1939,!when!turning!into!the!wind!to!recover!aircraft,!she!was!torpedoed!and!sunk!by!German!
submarine!U29!one!hundred!and!fifty!nautical!miles!WSW!of!Mizen!Head,!Ireland.!She!went!down!in!20!minutes!taking!518!of!her!1,200!compliment!with!her.!
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CORRALL,!Noel!Luke.!AB!Seaman.!C/JX319290.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Dasher!(D37).!Killed!on!active!
service!on!Saturday!27th!March!1943!age!37.!Son!of!Henry!and!Annie!Corrall!of!Leyton,!London;!
husband!of!Winifred!Edith!Corrall.!Listed!on!Chatham!Naval!Memorial,!Kent!(Panel!68.!Column!
3),!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!his!wife’s!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery!(Plot!21).!HMS!Dasher,!an!Archer!class!escort!carrier,!was!built!in!the!USA!in!
1941.!She!blew!up!and!sank!on!27th!March!1943!in!the!Clyde!Estuary,!between!Ardrossan!and!the!
Isle!of!Arran.!The!accident!was!attributed!to!an!aviation!fuel!explosion!and!379!of!her!
compliment!of!528!perished.!!
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COTTON,!Frank.!AB!Seaman.!D/JX222811.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Forte.!Died!on!Sunday!31st!January!1943!age!41!at!the!Norton!Emergency!Hospital,!Epsom,!Surrey.!Resident!of!1!Prospect!Place,!
Newlyn.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Cotton!of!2!Park!Road,!Newlyn.!!Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!
Road,!Paul!(Enlarged!Cons.!Grave!275).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!HMS!Forte!was!the!shore!base!at!Falmouth,!Cornwall.!
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COTTON,!Thomas!(Tommy)!Matthews.!Seaman.!D/X7395C.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!
Rawalpindi.!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Thursday!23rd!November!1939!age!40.!Son!of!Thomas!Henry!and!Jane!Cotton!of!Regent!Terrace,!Mousehole,!Penzance,!Cornwall;!husband!of!
Maud!Blanche!Mary!Cotton!(nee!Young)!of!Chapel!Street,!Mousehole.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!
Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!35,!Column!3),!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!Mousehole!Methodist!
Church!War!Memorial.!Also!listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!headstone!in!Paul!
Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!HMS!Rawalpindi,!an!armed!merchant!cruiser,!conducted!an!
heroic!action!against!impossible!odds!when!she!engaged!the!German!battleships!Scharnhorst!and!
Gneisenau!on!23rd!November!1939!to!the!SE!of!Iceland.!The!engagement!lasted!just!15!minutes!and!only!38!of!the!crew!of!238!survived.!
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COURTNEY,!George!Chesney.!Lieutenant.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HMS!Penzance!(L28).!Lost!at!sea!
through!enemy!action!on!Saturday!24th!August!1940!age!35.!Son!of!Edwin!Chesney!Courtney!and!
Emma!Courtney;!husband!of!Eleanor!Maud!Courtney!of!Datchet,!Bucks.!Listed!on!Chatham!Naval!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Penzance,!a!Folkestone!class!sloop,!was!torpedoed!and!sunk!by!the!German!submarine!U37!in!the!North!Atlantic!on!24th!August!1940!
while!on!convoy!duties.!There!were!14!survivors.!The!loss!of!HMS!Penzance!is!commemorated!on!
a!plaque,!unveiled!in!June!2012,!in!Penlee!Gardens,!Penzance.!!
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CRAFT,!Russell.!Sailor.!Merchant!Navy.!SS!Empire!Mica!(Middlesbrough).!Killed!in!action!on!
Monday!29th!June!1942!age!18.!Son!of!Clarence!Samuel!and!Alice!Myrtle!Craft.!Listed!on!Tower!
Hill!Memorial,!London!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!SS!Empire!Mica,!a!tanker!of!8,032!tons!on!passage!from!Texas,!USA!to!the!UK!with!a!cargo!of!12,000!tons!of!oil,!was!sunk!by!a!
submarine!on!29th!June!1942!in!the!Atlantic.!Thirty!three!of!her!crew!of!47!were!lost.!
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CRAZE,!Thomas!Ormonde.!Third!Officer.!Merchant!Navy.!MV!Port!Gisborne!(London).!Lost!at!sea!
on!Friday!11th!October!1940!age!23.!Son!of!Richard!James!Chirgwin!Craze!and!Alice!Maria!Craze!
of!35!Belgravia!Street,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!A!vessel!of!8,390!tons,!built!in!1927!at!Newcastle!and!owned!by!the!Port!Line!Ltd.!
On!passage!from!Auckland,!New!Zealand!to!Belfast!and!Cardiff.!Refridgerated!and!general!cargo!
including!2,479!bales!of!wool!and!200!bales!of!sheepskins.!On!11th!October!1940!she!was!sunk!by!
a!submarine!at!57!2N,!17!24W.!Twenty!six!of!her!crew!were!lost.!
!
CURNOW,!John!Pentreath!(Peter).!Sergeant!Coxswain.!1392420.!Royal!Air!Force!Marine!Section!
(Air!Sea!Rescue).!Killed!in!an!accident!on!active!service!on!Tuesday!2nd!May!1944!age!22.!Educated!at!Lescudjack!School,!Penzance!and!Penzance!County!School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!
Davy!School).!Elder!son!of!John!and!Elizabeth!Jane!Curnow!of!Raginnis!Hill,!Mousehole,!Penzance!
and!formerly!of!Bay!View!Terrace,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Suarez!War!Cemetery,!Madagascar.!
Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!on!parents!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!
Paul.!!
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CUTTER,!James!Charles.!Skipper.!Royal!Navy!Volunteer!Reserve.!HM!Trawler!Almond!(L22).!Lost!his!life!at!sea!on!Sunday!2nd!February!1941!age!41.!Son!of!William!and!Margeret!Cutter;!husband!
of!Dora!Cutter!(nee!Luke)!of!20!Polweath!Road,!Treneere!Estate,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Listed!on!
Lowestoft!Naval!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!his!parents:in:law!
headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery!(Plot!10,!Row!2,!Grave!4).!HM!Trawler!Almond!was!built!and!
completed!as!a!minesweeper!in!1940.!She!was!mined!off!Falmouth,!Cornwall!on!2nd!February!
1941.!!!
DALE,!Cyril!(Tony).!Private.!14673685.!5th!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Died!of!
wounds!on!Sunday!26th!November!1944!age!19!in!Holland.!Son!of!Patrick!and!Bessie!Dale!of!14!
Pomear!Road,!Treneere!Estate,!Penzance.!He!was!formerly!employed!at!Messrs!T.!Opie,!butcher,!
of!Market!Jew!Street,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Leopoldsburg!War!Cemetery,!Limburg,!Belgium.!
Listed!on!Madron!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Cyril!Dale!was!most!likely!wounded!during!offensive!operations!in!and!around!the!town!of!Hoven!which!kept!the!
Battalion!fully!occupied!from!the!22nd!November!until!they!were!relieved!by!5!Wilts.!Without!
tanks!and!anti:tank!guns!the!Battalion!fought!one!of!the!fiercest!battles!of!the!campaign!to!the!
bitter!end.!D!Company!in!Hoven!were!virtually!annihilated!with!only!one!officer!and!15!other!
ranks!succeeding!in!fighting!their!way!out.!The!German!troops!opposing!them!were!the!10th!SS!
Panzer!Division!reinforced!by!two!companies!of!21st!SS!Panzer!Division.!!
!DANIEL,!Walter!Edward!Lionel.!Sub!Lieutenant!(E).!Royal!Naval!Reserve!ex!Merchant!Navy.!HMS!
Salvonia!(Rescue!Tug).!Died!of!injuries!while!on!active!service!on!Tuesday!14th!January!1941!age!
34!at!Campbell!College!Hospital,!Belfast!following!traffic!accident.!Son!of!Walter!John!and!Jane!
Mildred!Daniel!of!Gwavas!Villa,!Norton!Terrace,!Penzance;!husband!of!Doris!Daniel!of!Trewellard!
Hotel,!Pendeen,!St!Just.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!following!funeral!at!Madron!Church.!
Listed!on!Madron!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
DAVEY,!Walter!Kenneth.!Leading!Seaman.!D/JX140372.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Lively!(G40).!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Monday!11th!May!1942!age!33.!Son!of!Henry!and!Patty!Davey;!husband!
of!Dorothy!(Dot)!May!Davey!of!28!Colinsey!Road,!Treneere,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Listed!on!
Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!HMS!Lively,!a!
destroyer!of!the!L!class,!was!sunk!by!German!Ju:88!bombers!south!of!Crete!on!11th!May!1942.!
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DAVIS,!Vincent!(Vin).!Flying!Officer.!429452.!Royal!Australian!Air!Force.!Killed!in!action!on!operations!over!Germany!on!Monday!4th!December!1944!age!22.!Son!of!John!and!Edith!Davis;!
husband!of!Lilian!(Lyn)Mary!Davis!of!24!Penbrea!Road,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Reichwald!Forest!
War!Cemetery,!Kleve,!Germany.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!Panel!121!of!
the!Australian!War!Memorial,!Canberra,!Australia.!
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DECIECO,!Lionel.!Gunner.!826423.!Royal!Artillery.!Killed!in!action!at!Dunkirk!on!Saturday!1st!June!
1940!age!24.!Joined!the!Regular!Army!in!1933!age!17.!Called!up!as!a!reservist!in!1939.!Eldest!son!of!Lionel!and!Cessie!Decieco!formerly!of!12!Coinage!Hall!Street,!Penzance!and!later!of!32!
Northgate!Street,!Launceston;!husband!of!Phyllis!Mary!Decieco!of!Crowborough,!Sussex.!Interred!
in!Marquise!Communal!Cemetery,!near!Calais,!France!and!listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!
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DOWNING,!Godfrey!(Goff)!Ivor.!Seaman.!Merchant!Navy.!Died!on!Wednesday!27th!October!1943!age!21,!whilst!on!leave!after!a!strenuous!voyage,!at!Truro!Isolation!Hospital,!Cornwall!having!
served!for!over!four!years.!Son!of!William!and!Margaret!Downing!of!Gurnick!Street,!Mousehole.!
Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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DREW,!George!Albert.!Warrant!Officer!Class!1.!760478.!Royal!Army!Ordnance!Corps!attached!to!
80!Anti:Tank!!Regiment,!Royal!Artillery.!Died!on!Friday!19th!July!1942!age!34!in!Changi!prisoner!of!war!camp.!Son!of!George!William!and!Fanny!Hannah!Drew;!husband!of!Irene!Sybil!Drew!of!
Penzance.!Interred!in!Kranji!War!Cemetery,!Singapore.!Listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!
in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parents’!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
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DREW,!Ronald.!Private.!1440570.!Ex!Royal!Artillery!(anti:aircraft!battery)!transferred!to!5th!
Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry!and!then!attached!to!4th!Battalion!Oxford!and!Bucks!
Light!Infantry.!Accidentally!drowned!in!Penzance!Docks!while!home!on!leave!on!Friday!22nd!September!1944!age!32.!Mason’s!labourer!before!joining!up.!Son!of!William!Henry!Robert!
Meneer!Drew,!farm!labourer,!and!Priscilla!Drew!of!15!Long!Row,!Sheffield,!Paul;!stepson!of!Lucy!
Drew!of!Paul.!Interred!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!
Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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DREW,!Sydney!Trevor.!Sergeant!(Wireless!Operator/Air!Gunner).!1180018.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!49!Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!Killed!in!action!on!operations!over!North!West!
Germany!on!Tuesday!10th!March!1942.!Eldest!son!of!Sydney!and!Marion!Drew!of!43!Belgravia!
Street,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Reickwald!Forest!War!Cemetery,!Kleve,!Germany.!Listed!on!St!John’s!
Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parents’!headstone!in!
Penzance!Cemetery.!At!the!time!of!his!death!the!squadron!operated!Hampden!bombers!out!of!
RAF!Scampton,!Lincolnshire.!!
EDDY,!William!John.!AB!Seaman.!D/J!95504.!Royal!Navy.!HM!Submarine!Union!(N56).!Lost!at!sea!
on!Tuesday!22nd!July!1941!age!37.!Son!of!Mr!W.E.!Eddy!of!22!Jenning’s!Street,!Penzance;!husband!
of!Elisabeth!Jane!(Janie)!Daniel!Eddy!of!Lower!Quarter,!Ludgvan,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!
Naval!Memorial!and!on!Ludgvan!Church!War!Memorial.!HMS!Union,!a!U!class!submarine,!was!
launched!in!October!1940.!!She!sailed!from!Malta!and!on!20th!July!1941!was!sunk!by!the!Italian!
torpedo!boat!Circe!25!miles!SW!of!Pantelleria!Island!in!the!Straits!of!Sicily.!She!was!officially!reported!overdue!on!22nd!July!1941.!!
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EDMONDS,!Francis.!Master.!Merchant!Navy.!Cable!Ship!SS!Lady!of!the!Isles.!Lost!his!life!at!sea!on!
Thursday!3rd!October!1940!age!42.!Son!of!Matthew!White!Edmonds!and!Mary!Trannack!
Edmonds;!husband!of!Janie!Margaretta!(Madge)!Edmonds!of!Bellevue!House,!West!End,!
Marazion.!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London,!Marazion!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!SS!Lady!of!the!Isles!was!built!by!Harvey!&!Co!of!Hayle!in!1875.!Taken!into!Naval!service!as!a!cable!ship,!following!a!long!career!as!first!the!ferry!steamer!between!the!Isles!
of!Scilly!and!Penzance,!and!then!as!the!salvage!ship!for!the!Western!Marine!Salvage!Co!of!
Penzance.!She!was!under!tow!of!a!tug,!en!route!Falmouth!for!Plymouth,!when!she!detonated!a!
mine,!probably!magnetic,!and!sank!in!44!metres!depth!3!miles!east!of!St!Anthony!Point,!
Falmouth.!Of!her!crew!of!19!there!were!only!3!survivors.!
!EDWARDS,!Edmond!(Eddie).!Seaman.!LT/JX!195759.!Royal!Naval!Patrol!Service.!HM!Drifter!Son!
of!Margaret!Hamilton.!Died!on!Tuesday!22nd!October!1940!age!28!at!Kingseat!Naval!Hospital,!
New!Machar,!Aberdeenshire,!Scotland.!Husband!of!Mary!Edwards.!Interred!New!Machar!
Cemetery.!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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ELLIS,!Christopher!(Chris)!Frederick.!Lance!Corporal.!5436730.!1st!Battalion,!Royal!Sussex!
Regiment.!Killed!in!action!Tuesday!26th!September!1944!age!26!at!San!Marino,!Italy.!Son!of!Christopher!and!Ellen!Olive!Ellis!of!40!Trevean!Road,!Penzance;!husband!of!Doreen!Ellis!of!
Bodmin.!Interred!Coriano!Ridge!War!Cemetery,!Riccione,!Italy.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance!and!on!his!mother’s!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!1!R!Sussex!formed!part!of!
1st!British!Armoured!Division,!8th!Army.!Heavy!fighting!in!the!area!over!the!period!4!:12!Sep,!
taking!Coriano!Ridge!on!the!final!day.!This!was!followed!by!a!further!week!of!heavy!fighting.!
!EMMETT,!Allan!Victor!Desmond.!Leading!Seaman.!D/J45986.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Rawalpindi.!Killed!
in!action!Thursday!23rd!November!1939!age!41.!Son!of!William!and!Amelia;!husband!of!Katie!
Emmett!of!26!Charles!Street,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!
(Panel!33.!Column!3),!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!
Rawalpindi,!an!armed!merchant!cruiser,!conducted!an!heroic!action!against!impossible!odds!
when!she!engaged!the!German!battleships!Scharnhorst!and!Gneisenau!on!23rd!November!1939!to!
the!SE!of!Iceland.!The!engagement!lasted!just!15!minutes!and!only!38!of!the!crew!of!238!survived.!!
EVERSON,!William!Herbert!Arthur.!Sergeant!(Wireless!Operator/Air!Gunner).!1166619.!Royal!
Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!106!Squadron,!5!Group,!Bomber!Command,!Royal!Air!Force.!Killed!
on!air!operation!on!Saturday!11th!October!1941!aged!20.!Hampden!I!(AE144!ZN:).!Son!of!Herbert!
and!Ethel!Everson!of!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Reichswald!Forest!War!Cemetery,!Kleve,!Nordrhein!:!
Westfalen,!Germany.!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!At!
the!time!of!his!death!the!squadron!was!operating!Hampden!bombers!out!of!RAF!Coningsby,!Lincolnshire.!Took!off!from!RAF!Coningsby,!Lincolnshire!for!Essen,!Germany!and!crashed!at!
Lippramsdorf:Haltern,!15!kilometres!north!of!Recklinghausen.!All!four!of!the!crew!are!buried!in!
the!Reichswald!Forest!War!Cemetery.!
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FARLEY,!Richard!Clarence.!Leading!Seaman.!D/SSX21078.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Li!Wo.!Killed!in!action!off!Banka!Island,!Indonesia!on!Saturday!14th!February!1942!age!27.!Born!at!St!Just:in:
Penwith!in!February!1914!and!joined!RN!in!February!1939.!Son!of!Edward!Farley!and!Charlotte!
Farley!(nee!Williams);!husband!of!Clarice!Farley!(nee!Addicoat)!of!Chypons,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!
Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!St!Just!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!On!14th!February!1942!HMS!Li!Wo,!a!patrol!vessel!of!1,000!tons,!formerly!a!
passenger!steamer!on!the!Upper!Yangtze!River,!was!on!passage!from!Singapore!to!Batavia!(Jakarta),!Indonesia!with!a!mixed!crew!of!sailors,!soldiers!and!airmen.!She!came!in!contact!with!a!
large!escorted!Japanese!convoy!and!rather!than!try!to!escape!she!hoisted!her!battle!ensign!and!
made!straight!for!the!enemy.!In!the!following!action!she!destroyed!two!transport!ships!and!
inflicted!damage!on!the!crews!of!many!of!the!other!vessels.!With!her!ammunition!expended!and!
under!fire!from!an!enemy!cruiser!she!sank!with!only!ten!survivors,!who!became!prisoners!of!war.!
For!his!heroic!action!the!captain!of!HMS!Li!Wo!was!awarded!the!Victory!Cross.!
!FITTOCK,!Charles!Michael.!Private.!3131990.!2nd!Battalion!Parachute!Regiment,!Army!Air!Corps.!
Killed!in!action!on!Monday!16th!October!1944!age!25.!Born!in!Spain!and!educated!at!the!English!
School,!Barcelona!and!at!Truro!School,!Cornwall.!Joined!the!Army!in!1941and!commenced!his!
service!as!a!Fusilier!in!the!Signal!Platoon,!HQ!Company,!Royal!Scots!Regiment.!Interred!Berlin!
1939:1945!War!Cemetery,!Germany!(10.K.4).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!
Truro!School!War!Memorial.!
!FREETHY,!Thomas!(Tommy)!John.!Second!Engineer.!LT/KX110385.!Royal!Naval!Patrol!Service.!
HM!Trawler!Kingston!Jacinth.!Killed!on!active!service!on!Tuesday!12th!January!1943!age!28.!Son!
of!the!late!Thomas!John!Freethy,!who!lost!his!life!in!SS!Coath!13th!September!1916,!and!Edith!
Caroline!Freethy!of!Penzance;!husband!of!Phyllis!Noreen!Freethy!of!4!Tolcarne!Terrace,!Newlyn,!
Penzance.!Listed!on!Lowestoft!Naval!Memorial,!Suffolk!(Panel!12.!Column!2),!Newlyn!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Member!of!Penzance!Boxing!Club.!HM!Trawler!Kingston!Jacinth!was!mined!off!Portsmouth,!Hampshire.!
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GENDALL,!Ellen!Laura.!Miss.!Civilian.!Killed!in!air!raid!on!Thursday!7th!November!1940!age!68!
years.!Resident!of!11!Barvis!Hill,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!and!listed!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!Sixty!bombs!fell!in!the!business!and!residential!areas!of!Penzance.!A!main!
road!was!closed!for!three!days!because!of!an!unexploded!bomb,!and!the!Union!Hotel!had!a!lucky!
escape!when!a!bomb,!which!failed!to!explode,!fell!within!a!few!feet!of!some!underground!petrol!tanks.!Three!persons!were!killed!and!sixteen!injured!as!a!result!of!the!raid.!
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GENDALL,!Harry.!Pte.!12th!Cornwall!(Land’s!End)!Battalion,!Home!Guard.!Died!on!Monday!23rd!
November!1942.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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GENDALL,!Robert!John.!Civilian.!Died!at!West!Cornwall!Hospital,!Penzance!on!Thursday!3rd!July!1941!age!76!having!been!injured!in!an!air!raid!on!20th!June!1941.!Husband!of!Nancy!Gendall!of!7!
Mount!Street,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!and!listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!
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GENDALL,!William!(Billy)!Henry.!Corporal.!420707.!Headquarter!Squadron,!5th!Royal!Tank!
Regiment,!Royal!Armoured!Corps.!Accidentally!killed!on!Monday!8th!October!1945!age!26!at!
Hamburg.!Eldest!son!of!William!Henry!and!Rosetta!Gendall!of!13!Adelaide!Street,!Penzance;!husband!of!Marjorie!Gendall!of!46!Magdala!Road,!London.!Interred!in!Hamburg!Cemetery,!
Germany.!Listed!on!High!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!
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GILBERT,!Clifford!Morse.!Private.!14767363.!7th!Battalion,!Hampshire!Regiment.!Killed!in!action!
on!Monday!26th!March!1945.!Eldest!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Gilbert!of!5!Colinsey!Place,!Treneere,!
Penzance.!Interred!in!Reichswald!Forest!Cemetery,!Kleve,!Germany.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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GRANT,!Louis!Mary!Joseph.!Flying!Officer!(Pilot).!153776.!Royal!Air!Volunteer!Reserve.!203!
Squadron,!Coastal!Command,!Royal!Air!Force.!Lost!on!air!operations!on!Tuesday!20th!March!1945!
age!22.!Son!of!an!English!father!and!Belgium!mother!who!spent!his!early!days!living!in!Belgium.!
In!1940,!with!the!German!invasion!of!Belgium,!the!family!moved!to!London!and!then,!to!escape!the!bombing,!to!the!safety!of!Newlyn,!Penzance!where!they!lived!at!31!Boase!Street.!Listed!on!the!
Singapore!Memorial,!Kranji,!Singapore!and!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial.!The!squadron!was!based!at!
RAF!Kankesanturai,!Ceylon!(Sri!Lanka)!and!flew!Mark!VI!Consolidated!Liberators!on!anti:
shipping!patrols.!On!20th!March!1945,!following!low:level!attacks!on!enemy!shipping!!at!Delehleh,!
northern!Sumatra!(Indonesia)!his!Liberator!crashed!into!the!ocean!off!Peunasu!Island,!northern!
Sumatra!after!a!burst!of!anti:aircraft!fire!had!exploded!underneath!the!aircraft.!Louis!was!the!2nd!pilot!and!on!his!first!operational!flight.!According!to!islanders!who!witnessed!the!crash!three!
unnamed!members!of!the!crew!made!it!to!the!shore,!one!of!whom!died!on!the!beach!while!the!
other!two!were!allegedly!taken!by!Japanese!soldiers!to!the!nearby!town!of!Banda!Aceh!but!their!
fate!is!unknown.!All!are!officially!listed!as!missing!in!action!with!no!known!graves.!
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GREEN,!George!Gilbert.!Sapper.!1990034.!Royal!Engineers.!Died!at!St!Michael’s!Military!Hospital,!
Colchester,!Essex!on!Sunday!25th!January!1942!age!35.!Husband!of!Florence!(Florrie)!Annie!North!(formally!Green)!(nee!Uren)!of!2!Adelaide!Street,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!
Memorial!and!interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!with!service!headstone.!
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GRIBBLE,!Alice.!Mrs.!Civilian.!Killed!in!air!raid!on!Sunday!8th!June!1941!age!53.!Resident!of!4!Alma!
Terrace,!Penzance.!Wife!of!L/Cpl!Thomas!Gribble,!Home!Guard!(see!below).!Interred!in!Penzance!
Cemetery!and!listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Just!before!2300!hrs!10!high!explosive!
and!a!number!of!incendiary!bombs!fell.!Six!houses!were!completely!destroyed!at!Alma!Place,!another!30!seriously!damaged!!and!about!700!persons!were!affected.!One!bomb!on!St!James!
Street!caused!widespread!damaged!affecting!some!300!houses.!Nine!persons,!including!a!
member!of!the!Auxiliary!Fire!Service,!were!killed!and!26!were!seriously!injured.!
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GRIBBLE,!Thomas.!Lance!Corporal.!12th!Cornwall!(Land’s!End)!Battalion,!Home!Guard.!Killed!in!
air!raid!on!Sunday!8th!June!1941!age!57.!Resident!of!4!Alma!Terrace,!Penzance.!Husband!of!Alice!Gribble!(see!above).!Served!in!the!Great!War!1914!:!1818.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!and!
listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!See!Gribble!above!for!details.!
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GROSE,!John!(Jack).!Warrant!Shipwright.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Bonaventure!(31).!Lost!at!sea!through!
enemy!action!on!Monday!31st!March!1941!age!41.!Son!of!John!and!Florence!Grose!of!Plymouth;!
husband!of!Ada!Trewavas!Grose!(nee!Harvey)!of!Mousehole.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!
Devon!(Panel!45,!Column!1),!Mousehole!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Bonaventure,!a!Dido!class!light!cruiser,!was!launched!in!1938!and!fitted!
out!in!Greenock.!!It!was!here!that!John!Grose!joined!the!ship.!!On!31st!March!1941,!while!on!
convoy!(GA:8)!escort!duty!between!Greece!and!Egypt,!she!was!struck!by!two!torpedoes!from!the!
Italian!submarine!Ambra,!ninety!miles!to!the!South:East!of!Crete.!!In!less!than!five!minutes!the!
ship!rolled!over!and!sank!by!the!stern.!!The!surviving!members!of!the!crew!were!picked!up!by!
HMS!Hereward!and!taken!to!Alexandria!but!sadly!134!of!the!crew!went!down!with!the!ship.!In!Alexandria!the!crew!were!rapidly!dispersed!to!other!ships!as!the!war!in!the!Eastern!
Mediterranean!was!hotting!up!and!all!spare!men!were!required!to!fill!gaps!throughout!the!fleet.!!
!
GUY,!Stephen!Edgar.!Sergeant.!2025300.!Independent!Company,!Royal!Engineers!attached!to!5th!
Battalion,!King’s!Shropshire!Light!Infantry.!Killed!on!duty!while!attempting!to!defuse!a!bomb!in!
Penzance!on!Wednesday!2nd!October!1940!age!29.!Son!of!Stephen!Edgar!Guy!and!Lilian!Jane!Guy!
of!Mynachdy,!Cardiff;!husband!of!!Dorothy!May!Guy!(Nee!Hooper)!of!Mynachdy,!Cardiff,!South!Wales.!Interred!in!Cardiff!(Cathays)!Cemetery!and!listed!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!Early!in!the!
morning!of!2nd!October!1940!a!German!aircraft,!at!low!altitude,!dropped!a!bomb!containing!16!
gallons!of!oil.!It!penetrated!the!roof!of!9!Lanarveth!Road,!Penzance,!passed!through!two!occupied!
bedrooms!and!through!the!front!bedroom!window!onto!the!road.!It!did!not!detonate!on!impact!
but,!sadly,!later!killing!Sergeant!Guy.!! HALL,!Joseph!P.!Sailor.!AB!Seaman.!Merchant!Navy.!SS!Empire!Mica!(Middlesbrough).!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Monday!29th!June!1942!age!26.!Eldest!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!A!Hall!of!26!
Polweath!Road,!Treneere,!Penzance.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!A!tanker!of!8,032!
tons!built!in!1941!at!Hill:on:Tees.!Owned!by!the!Ministry!of!War!Transport!and!managed!by!
Anglo!American!Oil!Company!Ltd.!On!passage!from!Houston,!Texas!to!UK!via!New!Orleans!and!
Key!West!with!12,000!tons!of!oil.!Crew!of!41!and!6!gunners!of!which!33!crew!were!lost!when!the!
ship!was!sunk!by!a!submarine!on!29th!June!1942!in!the!Gulf!of!Mexico.!!
HALLETT,!S.!AB!Seaman!(Gunner).!D/JX152291.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Illustrious!(87).!Killed!in!action!
on!Monday!30th!March!1942!age!20.!Son!of!Frederick!Richard!and!Dora!Miriam!Hallett!of!2!
Prospect!Place,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!HMS!Illustrious,!an!aircraft!carrier!of!the!Illustrious!class,!was!launched!in!1939.!
Served!throughout!the!war!and!ended!service!in!1954.!Under!repair!in!USA!May!:!December!1941!and!by!May!1942!was!on!operations!against!Vichy!French!forces!in!Diego!Suarez!
Madagascar.!
!
HAND,!Richard!Daniel.!Lance!Serjeant!(Instructor).!1919502.!694!Artisan!Works!Company,!Royal!
Engineers.!Killed!in!motorcycle!accident!while!on!active!service!on!Thursday!26th!December!1940!
age!24!at!Malton,!Yorkshire.!Only!son!of!Richard!Daniel!Hand!and!Charlotte!Hand!of!15!Parc!
Mellan,!Treneere,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Gulval!Church!Cemetery.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!
HARBER,!Alfred!Stanley.!Fusilier.!3959047.!2nd!Battalion,!Royal!Inniskilling!Fusiliers.!Killed!in!
action!on!Thursday!17th!February!1944!age!32.!Formerly!The!Welch!Regiment.!Born!in!London.!
Son!of!Alfred!and!A!Harber;!husband!of!Sybil!Harber!of!11!Jennings!Street,!Penzance,!Cornwall.!
Minturno!War!Cemetery,!Italy.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!HARVEY,!Andrew.!Seaman.!Merchant!Navy.!SS!Woodtown!(Leith).!Killed!on!active!service!on!
Wednesday!15th!November!1939!age!39!when!an!explosion,!caused!by!a!mine,!sank!the!ship!in!30!
seconds!about!a!mile!north!east!of!North!East!Spit!Buoy!in!the!Thames!Estuary.!SS!Woodtown,!a!
vessel!of!800!tons,!frequently!called!at!Newlyn!to!load!stone.!On!this!occasion!she!was!en!route!
from!Newlyn!to!London!with!a!cargo!of!1,020!tons!of!stone.!Eight!of!the!crew!were!lost.!A!single!
man!who!lived!at!Penalverne!Crescent,!Penzance!and!elder!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Robert!(Bobbie)!Harvey!of!Penzance.!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!
!
HARVEY,!!Charles.!Stoker!Petty!Officer.!D/K13279.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Ardent!(H41).!Killed!in!
action!during!naval!engagement!on!Saturday!8th!June!1940!aged!46!years.!Eldest!son!of!William!
John!and!Leah!Harvey!of!Penville,!4!Seaview!Terrace,!Newlyn,!Penzance;!husband!of!Katie!
Willard!Harvey.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon,!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!HMS!Ardent!(an!
A!class!destroyer)!was,!along!with!her!sister!ship!(HMS!Acasta),!escorting!the!aircraft!carrier!
HMS!Glorious!when!the!three!ships!were!sunk!by!gunfire!from!the!German!battle!cruisers!
Scharnhorst!and!Gneisenau.!The!engagement,!which!took!place!to!the!west!of!Harstead,!Norway,!
lasted!just!over!two!hours!and!there!was!only!one!survivor!from!the!crew!of!HMS!Ardent.!See!
Armourer!A.!Cock!above.!!
HARVEY,!James!H.!Private.!D/29907.!10th!(Home!Defence)!Battalion,!Devonshire!Regiment.!Died!
on!active!service!at!St!Michael’s!Hospital,!Hayle!on!Monday!6th!May!1940!age!35.!Son!of!Thomas!
and!Susanna!Harvey!of!30!Alverne!Buildings,!Penzance,!Cornwall;!husband!of!Florence!May!
Harvey!of!39!Fore!Street,!St!Just.!Interred!Penzance!Cemetery!and!listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!
! !HARVEY,!Richard!Chock.!Gunner.!1831722.!15!‘Z’!Anti:aircraft!Battery,!Royal!Artillery.!Died!on!
Monday!24th!!September!1945!aged!36!years.!Son!of!Arthur!and!Phyllis!Harvey!of!Newlyn;!
husband!of!Muriel!Harvey!of!Newlyn.!Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul,!Penzance.!
Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
!
HARVEY,!Walter!Bevil.!Trooper.!7942443.!17/21st!Lancers,!Royal!Armoured!Corps.!Killed!in!
action!on!Thursday!7th!January!1943!age!36.!Educated!at!Penzance!County!School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School)!and!then!employed!in!a!bank.!Youngest!son!of!Alderman!Edward!Charles!
Harvey!(former!Mayor!of!Penzance)!and!Elizabeth!Hannah!Harvey!of!3!Mennaye!Road,!Penzance;!
husband!of!Mary!Winifred!Harvey!(nee!Hicks)!of!10!Penare!Terrace,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Medjez:
el:Bab!Memorial,!Tunisia,!North!Africa!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!
HATCH,!Cecil!Walton.!Gunner.!1497726.!Royal!Artillery.!Killed!in!action!on!Saturday!20th!November!1943!age!25.!Employee!of!Messrs!Simpson,!outfitters!of!Penzance.!Territorial!soldier!
before!being!called!up.!Youngest!son!of!George!and!Nora!Hatch!of!2!Clifton!Hill,!Newlyn,!
Penzance.!!Interred!Catenia!War!Cemetery,!Sicily.!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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HAYDON,!Peter!Hillyard.!Distinguished!Service!Order.!Captain.!41!Royal!Marine!Commando.!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!5th!November!1944!age!21!on!Walcheren!Island.!Educated!at!Clifton!
College,!Bristol.!Son!of!Lt!Rollo!Hillyard!Stafford!Haydon!RE!and!Annie!Gwendoline!(Gwenda)!
Haydon!of!24!Parc!Letta,!Heamoor,!Penzance.!Interred!near!Bergen:op:Zoom!War!Cemetery,!
Noord:Brabant,!Netherlands.!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!
Memorials,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parents’!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery!
(Plot!21).!Awarded!DSO!for!supreme!gallantry!at!Salerno.!The!citation!stated!“During!a!heavy!
counter:attack,!in!which!the!enemy!lost!their!position,!Lt!Haydon!suffered!a!serious!shrapnel!wound!in!the!back.!Although!in!great!pain,!he!refused!to!leave!his!post.!During!a!short!lull!which!
followed,!Lt!Haydon’s!wound!was!dressed.!He!again!refused!to!leave!and!also!refused!morphia!so!
that!he!might!keep!his!mind!alert.!When!two!more!swift!enemy!attacks!were!launched,!Lt!Haydon!
seized!a!rifle!from!a!dead!man!and,!although!in!considerable!pain!and!with!great!difficulty!
because!of!his!wounds,!he!killed!four!Germans!at!close!range!with!his!rifle.!That!same!afternoon!
he!fainted!three!times!but,!recovering,!he!effectively!controlled!the!use!of!his!fire:power,!and!set!
such!a!splendid!example!to!his!remaining!men!that,!despite!the!enemy’s!vast!numerical!superiority,!the!attacks!were!beaten!off.!It!was!not!until!dusk,!when!the!enemy!had!been!
decisively!driven!off,!that!Lt!Haydon!collapsed!and!had!to!be!carried!to!a!nearby!first:aid!post!for!
medical!attention.!It!was!due!to!his!conspicuous!gallantry,!leadership!and!extreme!devotion!to!
duty!that!the!position!was!held”.!!His!father,!a!Lieutenant!in!the!Royal!Engineers!was!captured!at!
Dunkirk!and!spent!the!rest!of!the!war!as!a!prisoner!of!war.!
!HAYE,!John!(Jack)!Claude.!Second!Lieutenant.!124218.!C!Company,!2nd!Battalion,!Duke!of!
Cornwall!Light!Infantry.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!20th!May!1940!age!30!years.!Noted!cricketer!
and!employee!of!Barclays!Bank,!Penzance!1936!:!1939.!Younger!son!of!William!Haye!and!of!
Margaret!Frances!Haye!of!Dunedin,!Otago,!New!Zealand.!Interred!Avelgem!Communal!Cemetery,!
West:Vlaanderen,!Belgium.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Under!constant!German!
pressure!the!4th!Division,!of!which!2!DCLI!was!a!part,!made!a!fighting!withdrawal!to!the!River!
Escaut!reaching!there!just!before!midnight!on!the!18th!May.!As!the!river!was!canalised!with!high!banks!they!had!to!occupy!the!enemy!bank!during!the!night!in!order!to!observe!and!moved!back,!
out!of!sight,!during!daylight!hours.!The!Battalion!spent!the!19th!and!20th!May!digging!defensive!
positions!but!both!B!and!C!Companies!were!subject!to!shelling!on!the!second!day.!The!German!
attack!commenced!on!the!21st!and!that!night!the!Battalion!was!relieved!in!the!line.!!The!following!
night!the!British!Expeditionary!Force!withdrew!from!the!Escault!area.!!!
!HAYMAN,!William!(Will)!Arthur.!Civilian.!Killed!in!air!raid!on!Monday!21st!April!1941!age!40!at!
Grapes!Tavern,!31!Cecil!Street,!Plymouth.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Hayman!of!St!Michael,!Rosparvah!
Gardens,!Heamoor,!Penzance;!husband!of!Ivy!Hayman!of!31!Cecil!Street,!Plymouth.!Listed!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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HELLIER,!Ernest.!AB!Seaman.!D/J29439.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Rajputana!(F35).!!Killed!in!action!on!
Friday!13th!April!1941!age!45.!!Son!of!Thomas!and!Sarah!Hellier!of!Tiverton,!Devon;!husband!of!Aseenath!May!Hellier!of!Lower!Green!Street,!Newlyn.!!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!
Devon,!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Ex!P&O!passenger!ship!
converted!to!armed!merchant!cruiser.!Sunk!by!German!submarine!U108!on!13th!April!1945!
whilst!part!of!the!North!Atlantic!Escort!Force.!
!
HILL,!James!Jewell.!BA!Hons!(Oxon).!Flying!Officer.!72024.!106!Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!Lost!
on!air!operations!on!Wednesday!30th!October!1940!age!22.!Hampden!I!bomber!T2246!SR:.!Youngest!son!of!James!Jewell!Hill!and!Laura!Redington!Hill!of!Polwithen,!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!
Runnymede!Memorial,!Surrey!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!At!the!time!of!his!death!
the!squadron!was!operating!Hampden!bombers!out!of!RAF!Finningley,!Yorkshire.!Plane!took!off!
from!RAF!Finningly!on!30th!October!1940!to!lay!mines!in!the!Baltic!Sound.!Lost!without!trace.!
!
HITCHENS,!James.!AB!Seaman.!Merchant!Navy.!Lost!his!life!on!SS!Bolbec!(Greenock)!on!Saturday!9th!January!1943!age!27.!Son!of!Edwin!Charles!and!Geraldine!Blanch!Claudia!Hitchens;!brother!of!
Mrs!Dodders!(nee!Hitchens)!of!26!Adelaide!Street,!Penzance.!!Interred!St!John:by:Antony!
Churchyard,!Cornwall.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!
HOARE,!Percy.!Leading!Air!Fitter.!FX81877.!Fleet!Air!Arm.!Died!at!home!on!Saturday!12th!May!
1945!age!24!as!a!result!of!war!service.!Son!of!Abednego!and!Mary!Hoare;!husband!of!Winifred!Betty!Hoare!of!St!Mary’s!Terrace,!Penzance.!Interred!Penzance!Cemetery!and!listed!on!Newlyn!
War!Memorial.!
!
HOCKEDY,!Frederick!Kenneth!Pentreath.!Electrical!Artificer!4th!Class.!D/MX!51815.!Royal!Navy.!
HMS!Galatea!(71).!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!15th!December!1941!age!22.!Son!of!Frederick!
George!and!Florence!Amy!Hockedy!of!32!Tolver!Road,!Penzance.!Educated!at!Penzance!County!
School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School).!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!An!Arethusa!class!light!cruiser!built!in!1934.!Returning!to!
Alexandria!with!the!Mediterranean!Fleet!Cruiser!Force!after!hunt!for!an!Italian!convoy!en!route!
to!Libya.!Torpedoed!and!sunk!on!15th!December!1941!by!German!submarine!U557!thirty!miles!
west!of!Alexandria,!Egypt!with!the!loss!of!470!crew.!Some!100!survived!and!were!rescued!by!
HMS!Griffin!and!HMS!Hotspur.!The!following!day!U557!was!sunk!with!all!hands!when!
accidentally!rammed!by!an!Italian!torpedo!boat.!
!HODGE,!!Samual!(Sam)!Carter.!!Sergeant!(Rear!Air!Gunner).!1179658.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!
Reserve.!40!Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!Killed,!along!with!all!the!crew,!on!air!operations!to!
Nurnberg,!Germany!on!Wednesday!15th!October!1941!age!27.!Wellington!bomber!X9926!(BL:T).!
Son!of!Walter!and!Susan!Hodge;!husband!of!Laura!Hodge!of!Fore!Street!Post!Office,!Newlyn,!
Penzance!and!later!of!17!St!Henry!Street,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Durnbach!War!Cemetery.!Bad!
Tolz,!Bayern,!Germany!(2.K.3).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!on!headstone!in!Paul!Church!New!Churchyard!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!At!the!time!of!his!death!the!squadron!
was!operating!Wellington!Mark!IC!bombers!out!of!RAF!Alconbury,!Cambridgeshire.!
!
HOSKING,!Bertie.!AB!Seaman.!LT/SX195912.!Royal!Naval!Patrol!Service.!HM!Trawler!Joseph!
Button.!Killed!in!action!on!Tuesday!22nd!October!1940!aged!25.!Second!son!of!James!and!Mabel!
Hosking!of!7!Chywoone!Place,!Newlyn,!Penzance;!husband!of!Mrs!B!Hosking;!brother!of!Jack!
Hosking!RAF!(see!below).!Listed!on!Lowestoft!Naval!Memorial,!Suffolk!(Panel!2.!Column!2),!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Member!of!Newlyn!RFC.!A!Castle!
class!Admiralty!trawler!launched!in!1917!and!sold!to!trade!in!1919.!Requisitioned!in!August!
1939!and!converted!to!the!minesweeping!role.!Mined!off!Aldeburgh,!Suffolk!on!22nd!October!
1940.!
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HOSKING,!Nicholas!(Nick)!Ernest.!Corporal.!5440308.!D!Company,!4th!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Killed!during!training!on!Thursday!11th!June!1942!aged!22!years.!Son!of!
Mrs!Minnie!Hosking!of!4!Chywoone!Hill,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!
Road,!Paul,!Penzance!(Enlarged!Uncons.!Grave!314).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Nicholas!Hosking!was!a!soldier!in!4!DCLI!(TA).!Little!is!known!
of!its!exact!movements!during!the!early!part!of!the!war.!It!moved!around!the!coast!of!southern!
Britain,!carrying!out!anti:invasion!duties!where!and!when!required.!For!most!of!the!time!the!
Battalion!was!billeted!in!Harwich,!Walton:on:the:Naze,!Frinton,!Colchester,!Manningtree!and!Southampton.!!From!the!early!days!of!the!Summer!of!1942,!as!the!risk!of!invasion!declined,!the!
4th!Battalion!became!a!training!unit,!taking!in!recruits!from!the!Infantry!Training!Centres,!and!
turning!them!out!as!fully!trained!drafts!destined!for!the!field!force!battalions.!!!
!
HOSKING,!William!James!(Jim).!Aircraftsman!1st!Class.!1158887.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!
Reserve.!Died!on!active!service!on!Tuesday!11th!July!1944!age!24!from!appendicitis.!Previously!
wounded!by!shrapnel!in!the!United!Kingdom.!Eldest!son!of!William!James!Hosking!and!Elizabeth!Rouffignac!Hosking!of!12!Chywoone!Crescent,!Gwavas!Estate,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Bari!
War!Cemetery,!Carbonara,!Italy.!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!
!
HOWE,!Ernest!(Ernie)!James.!Fireman.!Merchant!Navy.!Cable!Ship!SS!Lady!of!the!Isles!(Penzance).!Lost!his!life!at!sea!Thursday!3rd!October!1940!age!34.!Resident!of!5!Weeth’s!Cottages,!Penzance;!
son!of!Ernest!Albert!and!Emily!Sophia!Howe!of!36!Parc!Wartha!Crescent,!Penzance.!Listed!on!
Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Taken!into!Naval!Service!
as!a!cable!ship,!following!a!long!career!as!first!the!ferry!steamer!between!the!Isles!of!Scilly!and!
Penzance,!and!then!as!the!salvage!ship!for!the!Western!Marine!Salvage!Company!of!Penzance.!
She!was!under!tow!of!a!tug!when!she!detonated!a!mine,!probably!magnetic,!and!sank!3!miles!to!the!East!of!St!Anthony!Point,!Falmouth.!
!
HUGHES,!Everett!John.!Seaman.!LT/JX!196062.!Royal!Navy!Patrol!Service.!HM!Drifter!Boy!
Andrew.!Killed!on!active!service!on!Sunday!9th!November!1941!age!31.!Husband!of!Dora!Hughes!
of!12!Pendarves!Row,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Lowestoft!Naval!Memorial,!Suffolk!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HM!Drifter!Boy!Andrew!was!launched!in!1918.!She!was!sunk!in!
a!collision!in!the!Firth!of!Forth,!East!Scotland!on!9th!November!1941.! HUNT,!Donald!George!Rankin.!AB!Seaman.!Merchant!Navy.!SS!Trewellard!(London).!Lost!at!sea!
through!!enemy!action!on!Tuesday!5th!November!1940!age!21.!Eldest!son!of!Mr!James!Rankin!
Hunt!and!Belle!Bennett!Hunt!of!5!St!Mary’s!Terrace,!Penzance.!Educated!at!Penzance!County!
School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School).!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Vessel!of!5,201!tons!built!at!Glasgow!in!1936!and!owned!by!the!
Hain!Steamship!Co!Ltd.!On!passage!from!Boston,!USA!to!Liverpool!via!Halifax!with!a!cargo!of!steel!and!12!aeroplanes.!Sunk!on!5th!November!1940!by!the!German!pocket!battleship!Admiral!Scheer!
at!52!26N,!32!34W!with!the!loss!of!16!crew.!
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IRVING,!James.!Chief!Engineer!Officer.!Merchant!Navy.!Cable!Ship!SS!Lady!of!the!Isles!(Penzance).!
Lost!his!life!at!sea!on!Thursday!3rd!October!1940!age!67.!Resident!of!28!Belgravia!Street,!
Penzance.!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!SS!
Lady!of!the!Isles!was!built!by!Harvey!&!Co!of!Hayle!in!1875.!Taken!into!Naval!service!as!a!cable!ship,!following!a!long!career!as!first!the!ferry!steamer!between!the!Isles!of!Scilly!and!Penzance,!
and!then!as!the!salvage!ship!for!the!Western!Marine!Salvage!Co!of!Penzance.!She!was!under!tow!
of!a!tug!when!she!detonated!a!mine,!probably!magnetic,!and!sank!in!44!metres!depth!3!miles!east!
of!St!Anthony!Point,!Falmouth.!
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JAKEMAN,!Hugh!L.!Corporal.!Royal!Air!Force.!53!Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!Died!at!West!Cornwall!Hospital,!Penzance!on!Monday!25th!July!1949!age!26.!Only!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!H.J.!
Jakeman!of!16!Alma!Terrace,!Penzance.!Funeral!service!at!Gulval!Church.!Listed!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!At!the!time!of!his!death!the!squadron!was!based!at!RAF!Waterbeach,!
Cambridgeshire!
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JAMES,!Claud!Roy.!Flying!Offr!(Pilot).!54855.!622!Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!Killed!in!flying!
accident!on!Wednesday!20th!September!1944!age!25.!Lancaster!I!(LL802!G1:M).!Elder!son!of!Arthur!and!Mary!James!of!Coombe!Villa,!Tredavoe;!husband!of!Gillian!Marjorie!James!of!
Abington,!Berkshire.!Interred!St!John’s!Churchyard,!Beck!Row,!Suffolk!(Row!F,!Grave!4).!Listed!on!
Tredavoe!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Roll!of!Honour.!At!the!time!of!his!death!the!
squadron!was!operating!Lancaster!Mark!I!and!III!bombers!out!of!RAF!Mildenhall,!Suffolk.!Took!
off!from!RAF!Mildenhall!for!formation!flying!practice.!Entered!cloud!and!collided!with!the!
formation!leader.!The!two!aircraft!crashed!at!Wormingford,!6!miles!north!west!of!Colchester,!Essex!with!the!loss!of!both!crews.!!
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JAMES,!Geoffrey!Watkin.!Flying!Officer!(Pilot).!55017.!207!Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!Killed!in!
action!on!operations!over!Germany!on!Friday!14th!January!1944!age!28!while!en!route!to!
Braunschweig.!Educated!at!Lescudjack!School,!Penzance.!Joined!RAF!ground!staff!in!1935.!
Trained!as!a!pilot!in!the!USA!and!was!commissioned!in!1942.!Second!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!H!P!
James!of!St!Aubyn!Villa,!Leedstown!formerly!of!Gulval.!Interred!in!Hanover!War!Cemetery,!Germany!(4.E.2).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!At!the!time!of!his!death!the!squadron!
was!operating!Lancaster!Mark!I!and!III!bombers!out!of!RAF!Spilsby,!Lincolnshire.!He!and!one!
other!crew!member!were!killed!while!the!remaining!five!became!POW.!!
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JAMES,!Richard!Caddick.!First!Radio!Officer.!Merchant!Navy.!SS!Empire!Gilbert!(Sutherland).!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Monday!2nd!November!1942!age!52.!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!
London!(Panel!41).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!A!
vessel!of!6,640!tons!built!at!Sunderland!in!1941.!Owned!by!the!Ministry!of!War!Transport!and!
managed!by!Turner!Brightman!&!Co.!On!passage!from!Tyne!to!Archangel,!Russia!via!Loch!Ewe!
and!Reykjavik,!Iceland.!Sunk!by!the!German!submarine!U:586!near!Jan!Mayen!Island!north!of!
Iceland.!Crew!of!48!and!18!gunners!of!which!only!one!crew!and!two!gunners!survived!but!as!prisoners!of!war.!!
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JEFFREY,!Harold.!Sapper.!2117272.!Royal!Engineers.!Killed!in!action!Friday!12th!December!1941!
age!29.!Son!of!!William!Francis!and!Catherine!Jeffrey!of!South!Cliff,!Mousehole,!Cornwall.!Interred!
in!Tobruk!Cemetery,!Libya,!North!Africa!(7.0.2).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!The!
turning!point!in!North!Africa!was!the!Battle!of!El!Alamein!which!commenced!on!23rd!October!1942!and!by!2nd!November!the!Eighth!Army,!under!command!of!General!Montgomery,!had!
broken!out!and!begun!to!push!the!Afrika!Korps,!under!Field!Marshal!Rommel,!back!towards!
Tripoli.!The!war!in!North!Africa!ended!on!12th!May!1943.!
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JENKIN,!Alexander!(Alex).!2nd!Engineer!Officer.!Merchant!Navy.!SS!Farfield!(Chester).!Killed!at!sea!!
through!enemy!action!on!Tuesday!15th!July!1941!age!30.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Alexander!Jenkin!of!
27!Chywoone!Avenue,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London!(Panel!48)!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!A!vessel!of!468!tons,!built!at!Beverley,!Yorkshire!in!1921!and!
owned!by!Coppack!Brothers!&!Co.!On!passage!from!Penmaenmawr!to!Gloucester!with!a!cargo!of!
granite!when!attacked!by!aircraft!on!16th!July!1941!five!miles!250!degrees!from!South!Stack!and!
seven!miles!230!degrees!from!South!Stack!Light.!Eight!crew!lost!and!one!naval!rating!saved.!
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JENKINS,!Richard!Domville!Reginald.!Gunner.!1601674.!42!Battery,!15!Light!Anti:aircraft!Regiment,!Royal!Artillery.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!9th!November!1942!age!26.!Son!of!Reginald!
Thomas!Leonard!and!Elizabeth!Fanny!Jenkins!of!Henley:on:Thames,!Oxfordshire,!formerly!of!
Cornwall.!Interred!in!El!Alamein!War!Cemetery,!Egypt!(XXX111.A.19)!and!listed!in!Penzance!Roll!
of!Honour.!
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JENNINGS,!Charles!Francis.!Lance!Bombardier.!12751.!Singapore!Royal!Artillery,!Straits!
Settlements!Volunteer!Force.!Died!on!Sunday!28th!November!1943!age!33!as!a!prisoner!of!war!of!the!Japanese.!Educated!at!St!Erbyn’s!School,!Penzance!and!Christ’s!Hospital.!Employee!of!Asiatic!
Petrol!Company.!Well!known!rugby!and!cricket!player!in!Penzance.!Eldest!son!of!the!Revd!Canon!
Henry!Richard!Jennings!BA!and!Mrs!Susan!Jennings!of!Madron!and!later!of!Kenwyn!Vicarage,!
Truro.!Interred!Chungkai!War!Cemetery,!Thailand.!Listed!on!Madron!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parents’!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!!
!JENNINGS,!Harold!Godfrey.!Captain.!4th!(Pahang)!Battalion,!Federated!Malay!States!Volunteer!
Force.!Died!of!dysentry!on!Saturday!28th!March!1942!age!37!in!Myaka!Hospital,!Singapore!while!a!
prisoner!of!war!of!the!Japanese.!Educated!at!Truro!Cathedral!School.!Rubber!Planter!for!fifteen!
years.!Second!son!of!the!Revd!Canon!Henry!Richard!Jennings!BA!and!Mrs!Susan!Jennings!of!
Madron!and!later!of!Kenwyn!Vicarage,!Truro.!Interred!in!Kranji!War!Cemetery,!Singapore.!Listed!
on!Madron!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parents’!headstone!in!
Penzance!Cemetery.!!
JOHNS,!Sidney!Arthur.!Mentioned!in!Despatches.!Petty!Officer!Supply.!D/MX52753.!Royal!Navy.!
HMS!Tynedale!(L96).!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Sunday!12th!December!1943!aged!25!
years.!!Son!of!Richard!Tonkin!and!Elizabeth!Johns!of!5!St!Clement’s!Terrace,!Mousehole.!Educated!
at!Penzance!County!School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School).!Earned!his!MiD!during!the!St!
Nazaire!raid.!Present!at!the!landing!of!Allied!troops!in!Sicily.!Captain!of!the!Penzance!County!
School!football!team.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!83,!Column!1),!!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Mousehole!Methodist!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!
and!on!parents!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!!HMS!Tynedale,!a!Hunt!class!
destroyer,!was!torpedoed!and!sunk!on!12th!December!1943!in!the!Mediterranean!by!German!
submarine!U593!off!Bougie,!Algeria.!!Sidney’s!brother!Kenneth,!who!was!serving!in!the!Royal!
Army!Medical!Corps,!was!at!the!Field!Hospital!in!North!Africa!receiving!survivors!from!HMS!
Tynedale.!!He!asked!a!stretcher!case!if!there!was!any!news!of!Writer!Johns.!!“Not!a!chance”!was!the!reply.!!Kenneth!sent!the!news!home!to!their!mother!and!to!his!Uncle!Dick!who!was!working!
in!the!Royal!Dockyard,!Devonport.!
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JORY,!Anthony!(Tony).!Flight!Sergeant!(Air!Gunner).!1317098.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!
Reserve.!115!Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!Killed!on!operations!over!Stuttgart!on!Thursday!16th!
March!1944!age!22.!Only!son!of!Nicholas!Archibald!and!Matilda!Jory!of!5!Borington!Terrace,!Plympton,!Devon!but!late!of!Penzance.!Durnbach!War!Cemetery,!Bad!Tolz,!Germany!(II.B.14).!
Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!At!the!time!of!his!death!the!squadron!was!operating!
Lancaster!bombers!out!of!RAF!Witchford,!Cambridgeshire.!
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KELYNACK,!William!(Willie).!Acting!Sub!Lieutenant.!Royal!Naval!Volunteer!Reserve.!HMS!Copra.!
Missing!presumed!drowned!on!Wednesday!18th!October!1944!age!32.!Son!of!Richard!and!Mary!
Ellen!Kelynack!of!The!Strand,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Former!employee!of!!Simpson!Bros.!of!Penzance!and!later!at!Newlyn!Fish!Market.!Listed!on!Portsmouth!Naval!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!HMS!Copra!was!the!administrative!shore!base,!at!Largs!in!Ayrshire,!for!RN!
personnel!attached!to!Combined!Operations.!!Cornishman!newspaper!at!the!time!reported!that!
his!ship!was!lost!through!stress!of!weather!in!the!approaches!to!the!Atlantic.!
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KITCHEN,!Edward.!Private.!5436168.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Died!of!
wounds!on!Tuesday!14th!July!1942!aged!30!years!in!Caserta!Military!Hospital,!Naples,!Italy!when!a!prisoner!of!war,!having!been!wounded!at!the!battle!of!Gazala,!North!Africa!on!5th!June!1942.!!
Son!of!Peter!and!Florence!Kitchen,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!!Interred!in!Caserta!War!Cemetery,!Naples,!
Italy!(III.C.2).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!
of!Remembrance.!Edward!Kitchen!was!a!member!of!the!1st!DCLI!which,!in!November!1941,!had!
moved!from!its!peacetime!location!in!Lahore,!Pakistan!to!Iraq.!!There!it!became!part!of!the!10th!
Indian!Division!under!Major!General!William!Slim,!which!had!the!role!of!guarding!the!Iraq!oil!wells.!!On!1th!May!1942,!the!Battalion!was!ordered!to!Egypt!and!on!the!following!day!started!an!
epic!2,000!mile!journey!by!motor!transport!over!some!of!the!most!barren!and!desolate!desert!in!
the!world.!!On!the!final!approach!to!Bir!el!Harmat!the!stream!of!order,!counter:order!and!
disorder!which!emanated!from!various!staffs!would!have!been!hilariously!funny!in!retrospect,!
had!it!not!ended!in!the!tragic!destruction!of!a!fine!regular!battalion!in!a!single!days!fighting.!!!
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KNIGHT,!Christopher!Gordon!Trewinnard!(Jack).!Trooper.!7922823.!250!Tank!Delivery!Squadron,!Royal!Armoured!Corps.!Died!of!wounds!on!Wednesday!13th!January!1943!age!29.!Son!
of!the!late!William!Knight,!who!died!of!wounds!in!the!Great!War,!and!Millicent!(Milly)!Clara!
Knight!(nee!Mann)!of!38!Morrab!Road,!Penzance;!husband!of!Kathleen!A.!Knight!of!10!Cornwall!
Terrace,!Penzance;!grandson!of!Mrs!Mann!of!Marine!Private!Hotel,!The!Esplanade,!Penzance.!
Interred!in!the!Medjez:el:Bab!War!Cemetery,!Tunisia,!North!Africa.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!!
LADNER,!Monica!Jean.!Aircraftwoman!1st!Class.!2068080.!Womens!Auxiliary!Air!Force.!Died!at!St!
Athan’s!Military!Hospital,!Glamorgan,!South!Wales!while!on!active!service!on!Sunday!5th!July!
1942!age!19.!Youngest!daughter!of!Arthur!T.!and!Mabel!Ladner!of!Rosehill,!Penzance.!Listed!on!
Madron!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!
with!service!headstone.!
!LAMBERT,!John!Herbert.!AB!Seaman.!D/JX!155053.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Jaguar!(F34).!Killed!in!
action!on!Thursday!26th!March!1942!age!20.!Son!of!John!and!Emily!Lambert.!Listed!on!Plymouth!
Naval!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Jaguar,!a!J!class!destroyer,!was,!on!
26th!March!1942,!!hit!by!two!torpedoes!from!the!German!submarine!U652!off!Sidi!Barrani!while!
escorting!the!oiler!Slavol!to!Tobruk.!She!caught!fire!and!sank!in!a!short!time!with!the!loss!of!3!
officers!and!190!ratings.!Two!hours!later!U652!sank!the!Slavol.!
!LANGRIDGE,!Basil!Frederick!Jack.!AB!Seaman.!D/JX!165725.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Exeter!(68).!
Prisoner!of!war.!Died!in!a!Japanese!prisoner!of!war!camp!on!Wednesday!12th!May!1943!age!48.!
Son!of!Fred!and!Ada!Harriet!Langridge;!husband!of!Gwendolyn!(Gwen)!Marie!Langridge!of!42!
Chapel!Street,!Penzance.!Ambon!War!Cemetery,!Molucca!Islands,!Indonesia.!Served!throughout!
the!Great!War!and!was!present!at!the!Battle!of!Jutland.!Was!serving!on!HMS!Exeter!during!the!
Battle!of!the!River!Plate.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Exeter,!a!York!class!heavy!cruiser,!was!scuttled!in!the!Sunda!Strait!off!Bawean!Islands,!NW!of!Surabaya,!on!28th!
February!1942!having!been!critically!damaged!by!Japanese!naval!gunfire!and!a!torpedo!during!
the!battle!of!the!Java!Sea.!Over!300!survivors,!who!were!rescued!by!the!Japanese,!became!
prisoners!of!war.!
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LAVIN,!Douglas!Raymond.!Chief!Petty!Officer!(ERA)!.!D/MX!53036.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Bonadventure!(31).!Killed!by!enemy!action!on!Monday!31st!March!1941!age!24.!!Son!of!Joseph!
Michael!and!Elizabeth!Hitchens!Lavin!of!19!Parc!Wartha!Avenue,!Penzance;!husband!of!Jane!
Lavin!of!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
HMS!Bonaventure,!a!Dido!class!light!cruiser,!was!sunk!on!31st!March!1941!ninety!miles!SE!of!
Crete!by!a!torpedo!from!the!Italian!submarine!Ambra!while!escorting!Convoy!GA:8!from!Greece!
to!Alexandria.!There!were!310!survivors!and!they!were!taken!off!by!HMS!Hereward.!
!LEACH,!Arthur!Frederick.!Sergeant!Pilot.!919442.!14!Operational!Training!Unit,!Royal!Air!Force.!
Killed!in!a!flying!accident!on!Saturday!21st!June!1941!age!22.!Hampden!I!P4316.!Son!of!Fred!and!
Mary!Jane!(Minnie)!Leach!of!14!Morrab!Road,!Penzance.!Educated!at!Penzance!County!School!for!
Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!interred!in!
Penzance!Cemetery.!Took!off!from!RAF!Cottesmore,!Rutland!for!high:level!bombing!practice!over!
the!Grimsthorpe!ranges!but!crashed!about!a!minute!later!about!a!mile!from!Cottesmore!village.!
!LEACH,!John.!Private.!5437452.!9th!Battalion!Border!Regiment.!Killed!in!action!on!Wednesday!
11th!April!1945!age!26.!Husband!of!Elsie!Leach!of!Penzance.!Taukkyan!War!Cemetery,!Yangon!
(formerly!Rangoon),!Myanmar!(formerly)!Burma.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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LEE,!Harry.!Mentioned!in!Despatches.!Lieutenant!Skipper.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Motor!
Minesweeper!1012.!Died!through!war!service!on!Sunday!30th!December!1945!age!39!at!Royal!Naval!Hospital,!Sherborne,!Dorset.!Son!of!Dick!Alfred!and!Lauria!Jane!Lee!of!Barnby,!Suffolk;!
husband!of!Lily!Lee!of!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Interred!St!John!the!Baptist!Churchyard,!Barnby,!
Suffolk.!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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LE!GRICE,!Andrew.!Lieutenant.!50798.!2nd!Battalion!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Killed!in!
action!on!Friday!31st!May!1940!age!27!at!Dunkirk,!France.!Younger!son!of!Charles!Henry!and!
Dorothy!Isobel!Le!Grice!of!Treneife,!Penzance;!husband!of!Joan!Ann!Le!Grice!(nee!Marsden)!of!Chiddingford,!Surrey.!Listed!on!Dunkirk!Memorial,!Dunkirk!Town!Cemetery,!Nord,!France!
(Column!60),!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!Madron!War!Memorial,!on!the!family!headstone!in!the!
School!Hall!Churchyard,!Paul!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!On!30th!and!31st!May!the!
Battalion!was!holding!part!of!the!most!easterly!sector!of!the!British!defensive!perimeter!around!
Dunkirk.!On!the!night!of!31st!May!orders!were!received!for!the!Battalion!to!withdraw!to!the!
beaches!of!La!Panne!(where!it!was!originally!intended!that!embarkation!should!take!place).!!The!withdrawal!was!to!be!covered!by!the!Carrier!Platoon!and!a!platoon!of!C!Company!under!Andrew!
Le!Grice.!!The!area!was!intersected!by!wire!cattle!fences!which!made!silent!movement!difficult.!!
Andrew!was!the!last!to!leave!the!position!and!as!he!was!negotiating!one!such!fence!he!allowed!
the!wire!to!twang.!!A!German!machine!gun,!which!was!doubtless!set!up!on!a!fixed!line!covering!
this!particular!withdrawal!route,!immediately!opened!fire!mortally!wounding!this!officer.!!He!
died!shortly!afterwards.!!He!was!a!most!popular!man!and!his!death,!so!close!to!safety,!came!as!a!
heavy!blow!to!the!Battalion.!!!
LOCKYER,!Gwendolen.!Miss.!Killed!on!duty!in!air!raid!at!St!Thomas’s!Hospital,!London!on!Monday!
9th!September!1940!age!39.!Daughter!of!Dr!Cuthbert!and!Mrs!M.!Lockyer!of!Alverton!Cottage,!
Penzance.!Interred!Lamberth!Cemetery,!London!and!listed!on!the!memorial!window!in!St!Mary’s!
Church,!Penzance.!
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MADDERN,!Benjamin!(Ben).!Trooper.!7960230.!2nd!Northamptonshire!Yeomanry,!Royal!Armoured!Corps.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!26th!June!1944!age!19!in!Normandy,!France.!Son!of!
Richard!and!Violet!Maddern!of!Evergreen!Cottage,!Newlyn.!St!Manvieu!War!Cemetery,!Cheux,!
Calvados,!France!(IX.B.4).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!
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MANN,!Richard!Foster.!Leading!Air!Fitter.!FAA/FX76046.!Fleet!Air!Arm.!HMS!Daedalus.!Died!on!Sunday!18th!August!1940.!Listed!on!Lee:on:Solent!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!HMS!Daedalus!was!a!Royal!Naval!Air!Station!at!Lee:on:Solent,!Hampshire.!
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MANN,!William!Edmund.!Leading!Aircraftsman.!630001.!Royal!Air!Force.!Died!on!Tuesday!25th!
November!1941!age!23.!Son!of!William!and!Grace!Mann!of!Penzance.!Interred!in!Addis!Ababa!
War!Cemetery,!Ethiopia.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
MATHERS,!Frederick!(Fred).!Chief!Canteen!Manager.!C/NX!1489.!Royal!Navy!Canteen!Service.!
HMS!Albatross!(I22).!Killed!in!action!Friday!11th!August!1944!age!30.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!F.!H.!B.!
Mathers!of!Penzance;!husband!of!Esca!Mathers!(nee!Alleary).!Listed!on!Chatham!Naval!Memorial!
and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Albatross!was!a!repair!ship,!formally!RNAS!
seaplane!carrier,!that!was!torpedoed!off!Normandy,!France!on!11th!August!1944!and!deemed!
beyond!repair.!Listed!on!family!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!!
MATTHEWS,!Desmond!George.!Private.!5445149.!4th!Battalion!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!
Previously!a!member!of!Newlyn!Home!Guard.!Killed!when!German!artillery!shelled!Dover!from!
across!the!Channel!on!Wednesday!16th!September!1942!aged!19.!Youngest!son!of!William!George!
and!Mary!Matthews!of!14!Tolcarne!Terrace,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Interred,!with!military!headstone,!
in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul,!Penzance!(Enlarged!Uncons.!Grave!1).!Listed!on!Newlyn!
War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Prior!to!the!outbreak!of!the!war!4/5th!DCLI!was!a!territorial!battalion!but!in!August!1939!it!was!split!with!4!DCLI!being!allocated!to!the!
western!part!of!Cornwall!and!5!DCLI!the!eastern!part.!!Their!operational!tasks!were!the!guarding!
of!key!points.!In!1940,!4!DCLI!were!tasked!with!defending!long!stretches!of!the!Sussex!beaches!
and!later!that!year!moved!to!Yorkshire!where!they!remained!until!February!1941.!!They!then!
moved!south!to!the!St!Albans!area!and!Essex!coast!in!a!beach!defence!role.!!Early!in!1942!they!
were!receiving!drafts!of!basically!trained!recruits!from!the!Infantry!Training!Centres!and!turning!them!into!trained!soldiers!before!sending!them!to!field!force!units.!!!!
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MATTHEWS,!Denys!Tregonning.!Private.!5729403.!5th!Battalion,!Dorsetshire!Regimentt.!Killed!
due!to!enemy!action!on!Sunday!27th!June!1943!age!25.!Youngest!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!T!C!Matthews!
of!Trevean,!Gulval,!Penzance;!fiancé!of!Grethe.!Interred!St!Gulval!Churchyard.!Listed!on!Gulval!
War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!MATTHEWS,!Kenneth!Job.!Serjeant.!855107.!2nd!Battalion,!King’s!Own!Royal!Regiment!
(Lancaster).!Killed!in!action!in!Burma!on!Monday!15th!May!1944!age!24.!!Eldest!son!of!Job!and!
Lilian!Matthews!of!!Trythogga,!Gulval,!Penzance;!husband!of!Annie!Winifred!Matthews!of!
Trythogga,!Gulval.!Interred!in!Taukkyan!War!Cemetery,!Yangon!(Rangoon),!Myanmar!(Burma).!
Listed!on!Gulval!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
!MAYRICK,!Charles!Hendley.!Petty!Officer.!D/J!99248.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Bramble!(J11).!Killed!in!
action!on!Thursday!31st!December!1942!age!39.!Son!of!Valentine!and!May!Catherine!Mayrick;!
husband!of!Mona!Mayrick!of!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance!and!on!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery!(Plot!11,!Row!12,!Grave!7).!HMS!Bramble!
was!an!Halcyon!class!minesweeper!that!was!sunk!by!a!German!destroyer!in!the!Barents!Sea!
while!escorting!a!convoy!to!Russia!with!the!loss!of!121of!her!crew.!
!MERRIFIELD,!Samual!James!(Jimmy).!Musician.!RMB/X1001.!Royal!Marine!Band.!HMS!Arethusa!
(26).!Killed!in!action!on!Wednesday!18th!November!1942!age!20.!Son!of!James!Henry!and!Grace!
Merrifield!of!12!St!Dominic!Street,!Penzance.Listed!on!Portsmouth!Naval!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Arethusa,!a!light!cruiser!of!the!Arethusa!class,!was!hit!by!
an!aerial!torpedo!on!18th!November!1942!while!escorting!a!convoy!from!Alexandria!to!Malta.!
Heavily!damaged!and!with!the!loss!of!156!members!of!her!crew!she!was!towed!back!to!
Alexandria.!Repaired!in!the!USA!she!back!in!service!a!year!later.! !!
MICHELL,!Jack.!Fireman.!Auxillary!Fire!Service!(Penzance).!Killed!on!duty!on!Sunday!8th!June!
1941!age!36!in!Penzance!when!a!delayed!action!bomb,!dropped!by!a!German!aircraft,!exploded.!
Second!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!W!B!Michell!of!Penzance;!husband!of!Gwen!Michell!of!St!James!Street,!
Penzance.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!Just!before!2300!hrs!10!high!explosive!and!a!number!of!incendiary!bombs!fell.!Six!houses!were!
completely!destroyed!at!Alma!Place,!another!30!seriously!damaged!and!about!700!persons!were!
affected.!One!bomb!on!St!James!Street!caused!widespread!damaged!affecting!some!300!houses.!
Nine!persons!were!killed!and!26!were!seriously!injured.!
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MILDREN,!James!Henry.!Private.!5434782.!2nd!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!19th!May!1940!aged!29!years.!Husband!of!Irene!Mildren.!Interred!in!Avelgem!
Communal!Cemetery,!West:Vlaaderen,!Belgium!:!Row!B,!Grave!3.!Listed!on!Newlyn!and!Sancreed!
War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!James!Mildren,!a!soldier!in!2!DCLI,!was!
killed!during!the!retreat!of!the!British!Expeditionary!Force!to!the!sea!in!the!Spring!of!1940.!!His!
death!is!alleged!to!have!occured!on!19th!May!during!the!occupation!of!a!major!rearguard!
defensive!position!on!the!River!Escaut.!The!word!‘alleged’!is!used!because!the!Battalion!arrived!in!
the!position!just!before!midnight!on!18th!May;!recced!the!presumed!defensive!layout!on!19th!May;!carried!out!further!recces!after!the!original!plan!had!been!changed,!and!dug!in!during!the!night!
19th!/20th!May!and!during!daylight!on!the!following!day.!!It!was!not!till!3!o’clock!that!afternoon!
that!the!first!German!shells!fell!on!the!Battalion!position!and!it!is!therefore!probable!that!James!
was!killed!on!either!20th!or!21st!May.!!
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MINARDS,!Alfred!James.!Private.!32677.!Devonshire!Regiment.!Died!on!Wednesday!23rd!February!
1944!age!52.!Husband!of!Nannie!Jerrery!Minards!of!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Sheffield!Road!Cemetery,!Paul!(Enlarged!uncons.!Grave!324).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!
!
MITCHELL,!Adolphus!Sharpe.!Seaman.!LT/JX!189934.!Royal!Naval!Patrol!Service.!HM!
Examination!Service!Drifter!Christine!Rose.!Drowned!at!sea!on!active!service!off!the!Scottish!
coast!on!Wednesday!10th!September!1941!age!38.!Born!in!Penzance!and!employed!as!a!docker!before!volunteering!for!the!navy.!Son!of!Adolphus!Sharpe!Mitchell!and!Mary!Ann!Mitchell;!
husband!of!Jessimine!Beatrice!Mitchell!of!4!Polweath!Close,!Treneere,!Penzance.!Ship!struck!a!
reef!(Knap!Rock)!whilst!on!patrol!off!Argyll,!Western!Scotland.!Five!of!the!crew!drowned.!
Mitchell’s!body!was!recovered!and!interred!in!Oban!Cemetery,!Pennyfair,!Argyllshire.!Listed!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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MOULTON,!George!James!Patrick.!Trooper.!556344.!3rd!King’s!Own!Hussars,!Royal!Armoured!Corps.!Killed!in!action!on!Wednesday!3rd!/Thursday!4th!February!1943!age!25.!Son!of!Thomas!
William!and!Isabella!Moulton!of!Penzance.!Interred!Aleppo!War!Cemetery,!Syria.!Listed!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!
MOUNCE,!Elizabeth!(Betty).!Lance!Corporal.!W/11205.!Auxiliary!Territorial!Service.!Died!at!
Truro!Isolation!Hospital!on!Saturday!25th!July!1942!age!25.!Only!daughter!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Franklin!Harris!of!36!Mount!Street,!Penzance;!wife!of!Mr!H!Mounce.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!Interred!Penzance!Cemetery.!
!
MOYSE,!William.!Captain.!Missing!feared!killed!in!Paris!raids!June!1940.!Father!of!Willie!
(Singapore),!Ada!(Boscathoe)!and!Rita!(Appledore).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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NICHOLAS,!Cyril.!Leading!Aircraftsman.!643078.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!Died!on!Tuesday!17th!June!1941!age!22.!Adopted!son!of!Joseph!and!Winnie!Maslin!of!Newlyn,!Penzance.!
Interred!in!Sheffield!Road!Cemetery,!Paul!(Enlarged!cons.!Grave!515).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!!
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NICHOLAS,!William!Donald.!Ordinary!Seaman.!D/JX650939.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Albatross.!Killed!at!
sea!in!action!on!Friday!11th!August!1944!age!18!and!buried!at!sea.!Son!of!Charles!Henry!and!
Bessie!Louisa!Nicholas!of!16!Chywoone!Crescent,!Gwavas!Estate,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!88,!Column!1),!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Newlyn!War!
Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance,!on!parent’s!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery!(Plot!
9)!and!on!grandparent’s!headstone!(Mr!and!Mrs!W.!Cloke)!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!
HMS!Albatross!was!a!repair!ship,!formally!RNAS!seaplane!carrier,!that!was!torpedoed!off!
Normandy,!France!on!11th!August!1944!and!deemed!beyond!repair.!!
!NICHOLLS,!George!Edwin!(Ted).!Pilot!Officer!(Pilot).!172425.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!
12!Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!Shot!down!by!a!German!Messerschmitt!night!fighter!over!
Voordeldonk,!Holland!while!on!air!operations!to!Essen,!Germany!on!Thursday!27th!April!1944!
age!32.!Educated!at!Penzance!County!School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School)!and!Northern!
Polytechnic!School,!London.!Qualified!as!Sergeant!(Pilot)!in!1941!then!instructor!in!night!flying!
before!becoming!operational.!Commissioned!just!before!his!death.!Only!son!of!James!Edwin,!Secretary!of!Penzance!Gas!Company,!and!Evelyn!Nicholls!of!Heamoor,!Penzance,!Cornwall;!
husband!of!Madeline!Nicholls!of!!5!Rosparvah!Gardens,!Heamoor.!Interred!with!his!crew!in!
Jonkerbos!War!Cemetery,!Nijmegan,!Netherlands.!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!
and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!At!the!time!of!his!death!the!
squadron!was!operating!Lancaster!Mark!I!and!III!bombers!out!of!RAF!Wickenby,!Lincolnshire.!
Throughout!most!of!the!war!the!squadron!formed!part!of!the!main!force!of!Bomber!Command.!!
!NICHOLLS,!Thomas!Hugh.!Sergeant!(Pilot).!561837.!224!Squadron,!Coastal!Command,!Royal!Air!
Force.!Killed!on!air!operations!on!Saturday!15th!June!1940!age!28.!Son!of!Thomas!Richard!and!
Emma!Jane!Nicholls!of!Penzance;!husband!of!H.!Marjorie!Nicholls.!Listed!on!Runnemede!
Memorial,!Surrey,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance,!and!on!grandparents!headstone!in!
Penzance!Cemetery.!At!the!time!of!his!death!the!squadron!was!operating!Hudson!Mark!I!out!of!
RAF!Leuchars,!Scotland,!with!a!detachment!at!RAF!Aldergrove,!Northern!Ireland!on!convoy!and!
anti:shipping!patrols!over!the!North!Sea.!His!aircraft,!a!Hudson!Mark!I!bomber!took!off!from!RAF!Leuchars!tasked!to!bomb!an!ammunition!dump!but!was!shot!down!off!Sola,!Norway!with!the!loss!
of!all!four!crew.!Two!other!Hudsons!from!224!Squadron!were!lost!on!the!same!operation.!
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OATS,!Frederick!(Freddy)!Charles.!Sergeant!(Instructor).!5440857.!Oxfordshire!and!
Buckinghamshire!Light!Infantry.!Killed!on!service!Tuesday!18th!July!1944!age!27!at!the!Northern!
Weapons!Training!School,!Catterick!Camp,!Yorkshire.!Son!of!William!Frederick!and!Gertrude!Oats!of!Bellvue,!Marazion,!Penzance,!Cornwall;!husband!of!Carol!Christianna!Oats!of!Chywoone!
Crescent,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!
Marazion!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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OLD,!Charles!Seymour.!Chief!Ordnance!Artificer!1st!Class.!D/M3868.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Boscawen.!
Killed!on!active!service!on!Monday!21st!April!1941.!Husband!of!Mrs!Rhoda!May!Olds!of!5!Penare!
Terrace,!Penzance.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Served!throughout!the!Great!War!including!the!Battle!of!Jutland.!Previously!landlord!of!the!Crown!Inn,!Penzance.!Interred!Weston!
Mill!Cemetery,!Plymouth.!HMS!Boscawen!was!the!RN!shore!base!at!Portland,!which!specialised!in!
antisubmarine!and!minesweeping!warfare,!which!later!became!HMS!Osprey.!
!
OLDS,!Conrad!Leslie.!Auxiliary!Coastguard.!Trinity!Service.!Died!tragically!at!Penlee!Point,!
Cawsand!on!Friday!6th!November!1942!age!24!when!he!fell!over!the!cliff.!Youngest!son!of!William!Guy!and!Mary!Olds!of!Paul!Hill,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
!
ORCHARD,!Wilfred.!Volunteer.!Four!Lanes!Company,!9th!Battalion,!Cornwall!(Camborne!&!
Redruth)!Home!Guard.!Died!on!Monday!9th!September!1940!age!29!from!injuries!received!as!the!
result!of!a!shooting!accident!when!on!duty!at!Troon,!Camborne.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!A.!Orchard;!
husband!of!Mrs!W.!Orchard.!Funeral!at!Richmond!Methodist!Church,!Penzance.!Interred!Penzance!Cemetery.!Listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance!and!on!Carn!Brea,!Pencoys!and!Treslothan!(Troon)!War!Memorials.!
!
OSBORNE,!Charles!Kelynack.!Chief!Petty!Officer!(Supply).!D/M!35157.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Repulse!
(34).!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!action!on!Wednesday!10th!December!1941!age!39.!Youngest!son!
of!Charles!and!Mary!Annie!Osborne!of!32!Larrigan!Estate,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Repulse,!a!Renown!class!battle!cruiser,!was!sunk,!along!with!HMS!Prince!of!Wales,!by!Japanese!bombers!and!torpedo!planes!on!10th!
December!1941!off!the!coast!of!Malaya.!
!
PAIGE,!Jessie!Louise.!Mrs.!Woman’s!Volunteer!Service.!Civilian.!Killed!in!air!raid!on!Sunday!8th!
June!1941!age!57.!Resident!of!15!Alma!Terrace,!Penzance.!Daughter!of!Martha!Beare!of!25!Market!
Jew!Street!and!the!late!James!Henry!Beare;!widow!of!Joseph!Lidstone!Paige.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!in!same!grave!as!her!son!below.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!Just!before!
2300!hrs!10!high!explosive!and!a!number!of!incendiary!bombs!fell.!Six!houses!were!completely!
destroyed!at!Alma!Place,!another!30!seriously!damaged!!and!about!700!persons!were!affected.!
One!bomb!on!St!James!Street!caused!widespread!damaged!affecting!some!300!houses.!Nine!
persons,!including!a!member!of!the!Auxiliary!Fire!Service,!were!killed!and!26!were!seriously!
injured.!!
PAIGE,!Roger!Lidstone.!Aircraftsman!2nd!Class.!1278671.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!
Killed!in!air!raid!on!Sunday!8th!June!1941!age!19.!Resident!of!15!Alma!Terrace.!Son!of!the!late!
Joseph!Lidstone!Paige!and!of!Jessie!Louisa!Paige!who!died!in!the!same!incident.!Interred!in!
Penzance!Cemetery!in!same!grave!as!his!mother!above.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!See!Paige!above!for!details.!
!PASCOE,!Frederick!(Freddie).!Driver.!T/5445356.!63rd!(Airborne)!Composite!Company,!Royal!
Army!Service!Corps.!Killed!in!an!accident!at!Rockbourne!Down,!Salisbury,!Wiltshire!on!Tuesday!
8th!February!1944!age!23.!Youngest!son!of!Omar!and!Phyllis!Maddern!Pascoe!of!15!Redinnick!
Terrace,!Penzance.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
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PASCOE,!Vyvyan!Roessler.!Sergeant.!404671.!Royal!Australian!Air!Force!attached!to!22!
Operational!Training!Unit,!RAF!in!UK.!Killed!in!flying!accident!on!Monday!25th!May!1942!age!25.!Wellington!IC!(AD625).!School!teacher.!Born!at!Toowoomba,!Queensland,!Australia.!Son!of!
Vyvyan!Edmondson!Pascoe!and!Lilian!Alma!Pascoe;!husband!of!Gladys!Pascoe!of!Wylie,!
Graceville,!Brisbane,!Queensland.!Interred!in!Stratford!on!Avon!Cemetery,!Warwickshire,!
England.!Listed!on!Panel!128!of!the!Australian!War!Memorial,!Canberra,!Australia!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!While!waiting!for!clearance!to!take!off!from!RAF!Stratford:
upon:Avon,!the!Wellington!was!struck!by!another!of!the!unit’s!aircraft!and!totally!destroyed.!A!particularly!strong!cross:wind!was!deemed!to!have!been!a!contributory!factor!in!this!tragic!
accident!which!resulted!in!nine!of!the!crews!killed!and!three!injured.!!
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PAUL,!James!(Jamie)!Kitchener!Wendle.!Sergeant!(Wireless!Operator/Air!Gunner).!1380822.!
Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!218!(Gold!Coast)!Squadron,!Bomber!Command,!Royal!Air!
Force.!Killed!on!operational!flight!on!Thursday!23rd!April!1942!age!27!two!miles!west!of!King’s!
Lynn,!Norfolk.!Resident!of!Lelant.!Son!of!William!Angwin!Paul!and!Fanny!Evelyn!Paul!of!St!Erth.!Interred!St!Erth!Church!Cemetery.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance,!on!St!Ives!War!
Memorial!and!on!both!Lelant!church!and!village!War!Memorials.!Took!off!from!RAF!Marham,!
Norfolk!for!Rostock,!Germany!but!crashed!when!port!engine!lost!power.!All!seven!crew!were!
killed.!
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PEARCE,!Edward!George!Montague.!Distinguished!Service!Medal.!Chief!Yeoman!of!Signals.!D/J87403.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Medway!(F25).!Killed!through!enemy!action!on!Tuesday!5th!March!
1940!aged!40.!Son!of!Frederick!John!and!Lucy!Pearce;!husband!of!Phyillis!Pearce!of!Newlyn,!
Penzance.!Alexandria!War!Memorial!Cemetery,!Hadra,!Egypt.!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!
and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Medway,!a!submarine!depot!ship,!was!torpedoed!
and!sunk!by!German!submarine!U372!off!Alexandria,!Egypt!on!30th!June!1942!whilst!on!passage!
to!Beirut.!!Of!the!crew!30!went!down!with!the!ship.!
!PEASGOOD,!Ronald!(Roy)!Whaley.!Second!Officer.!Merchant!Navy.!MV!Domala!(Glasgow).!Lost!at!
sea!through!enemy!action!on!Saturday!2nd!March!1940!age!28.!Educated!at!Penzance!County!
School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School)!and,!on!leaving,!joined!the!Merchant!Navy!Son!of!Mr!
Harry!Peasgood!(Chemist)!and!Mrs!M!K!Peasgood!of!Mavis!Bank,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!
Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!MV!Domala,!a!vessel!of!
8,441!tons!owned!by!the!British!India!Steamship!Navigation!Company,!was!on!passage!from!
London!to!Calcutta!via!Antwerp!with!passengers!and!general!cargo.!On!the!2nd!of!March!1940!she!was!attacked!by!a!German!Heinkel!bomber!20!miles!ESE!of!St!Catherine’s!Point,!Isle!of!Wight!and!
set!on!fire.!One!hundred!crew!and!passengers!lost!their!lives.!She!was!beached!and!her!fire!
extinguished!the!following!day.!She!was!recovered!to!Southampton!Waters!via!Cowes!on!21st!
March!1940!and!underwent!conversion!to!a!cargo!vessel!and!renamed!Empire!Attendant.!On!15th!
July!1942,!while!on!a!voyage!from!the!Mersey!to!Karachi!and!Durban!she!was!torpedoed!and!
sunk!by!the!German!submarine!U:582!with!the!loss!of!her!entire!crew!of!59.!!
PENHAUL,!Alfred!Brewer.!Sapper.!1990019.!Royal!Engineers.!Died!on!Monday!25th!November!
1946!age!31.!Son!of!Sydney!and!Nellie!Penhaul!of!Gulval;!husband!of!Megan!Penhaul!of!Gulval.!
Interred!Gulval!Church!Cemetery.!Listed!on!Gulval!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!
of!Remembrance.!!
!PENPRASE,!John!(Jack)!Henry.!Cook.!D/MX50514.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Courageous.!Lost!at!sea!
through!enemy!action!on!Sunday!17th!September!1939!age!25.!Educated!at!Penzance!County!
School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School).!Joined!the!RN!in!1933.!Elder!son!of!John!Henry!and!
Henrietta!(Etta)!Penprase!of!1!Trembath!Cottages,!Mousehole.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!
Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!35,!Column!1),!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!HMS!Courageous,!a!Fleet!aircraft!carrier!of!the!Courageous!class,!was!launched!in!
1916.!She!covered!the!passage!of!the!British!Expeditionary!Force!to!France!and!was!then!assigned!to!anti:submarine!operations!in!the!Western!Approaches.!On!17th!September!1939,!
when!turning!into!the!wind!to!recover!aircraft,!she!was!torpedoed!and!sunk!by!German!
submarine!U29!one!hundred!and!fifty!nautical!miles!WSW!of!Mizen!Head,!Ireland.!She!went!
down!in!20!minutes!taking!518!of!her!1,200!compliment!with!her.!
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PENTREATH,!!John!Alistair!Dudley.!Lieutenant.!326384.!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry!
attached!to!2nd!Battalion,!Berkshire!Regiment.!Killed!in!action!Burma!on!Saturday!28th!April!1945!aged!21.!Only!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!R!J!Pentreath;!husband!of!Mrs!Mary!Pentreath!of!7!Roskilly!
Cottages,!Mousehole!Road,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Rangoon!Memorial,!Yangon!(formally!Rangoon),!
Myanmar!(formally!Burma)(Face!13).!Also!listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance!and!on!grandmother’s!headstone!(Jessie!Maud!Taskis)!in!Sheffield!Road!Cemetery,!
Paul.!!In!April!2nd!Royal!Berks!were!operating!against!Japanese!forces!in!the!Meiktila/Pyawbwe!
area!of!Burma.!!At!1530!hours!on!28th!April!C!Company,!when!advancing,!came!under!heavy!machine!gun!and!grenade!discharger!fire!from!strong!enemy!positions.!!The!leading!platoon!
commander,!John!Pentreath,!was!killed!and!five!of!his!men!wounded!in!this!action!which!forced!C!
Company!to!withdraw.!!
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PENTREATH,!Kenneth!James.!Seaman.!Royal!Naval!Patrol!Service.!LT/JX242277.!HM!Trawler!
Tranquil!(FY!920).!Drowned!on!active!service!on!Tuesday!16th!June!1942!age!21.!Son!of!James!
and!Henrietta!Pentreath!of!1!Trembath!Cottage,!Mousehole.!Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul!(Grave!334).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!HM!Trawler!Tranquil!was!converted!for!minesweeping!duties!and!was!sunk!in!a!
collision!off!Deal,!Kent!on!16th!June!1942.!
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POLGREAN,!William!Henry.!Flight!Lieutenant!(Air!Gunner).!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!
578!Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!Killed!in!action!on!air!operations!to!Hemmingstedt,!Germany!on!Wednesday!7th!March!1945!age!24!while!on!his!46th!operational!flight.!Halifax!Mark!III!bomber!
(LL558!LK:R).!Educated!at!Wilson’s!Grammer!School,!London!and!a!member!of!the!London!
Cornish!association.!Only!son!of!William!Henry!Polgrean,!ex!Inspector!Metropolitan!Police,!and!
Irene!Polgrean!of!Poldhu!House,!Mousehole.!Interred!in!Hamburg!Cemetery,!Germany!(5A.L.5).!
Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Mousehole!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parents’!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!Took!off!
from!RAF!Burn,!near!Selby,!Yorkshire.!Shot!down!through!the!combined!fire!from!flak!and!a!night:fighter,!crashing!near!Averlak,!five!kilometres!north!of!Brunsbuttel,!Schleswig:Holstein,!
Germany.!!
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POLLARD,!Cyril!Claude!Montague.!Seaman!Cook.!LT/JX212737.!Royal!Naval!Patrol!Service.!HM!
Yacht!Titan!(Pennant!4.381).!Died!on!Monday!2nd!December!1940!aged!32.!It!is!understood!that!
he!accidently!slipped!of!the!gangplank,!fell!into!the!sea!and!that!his!body!was!never!recovered.!
Son!of!Captain!Richard!Pollard!and!Elizabeth!Pollard!of!Chywoone!Crescent,!Newlyn;!husband!of!Audrey!Pollard!of!Penzance.!Listed!on!Lowestoft!Naval!Memorial,!Suffolk!(Panel!4.!Column!2),!
Newlyn!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parent’s!headstone!in!Paul!
Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!The!Titan!was!requisitioned!by!the!Admiralty!in!September!1939!
and!served!as!a!Harbour!Defence!Patrol!Craft!throughout!the!war.!
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POPE,!Gordon.!Sergeant.!1157262.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!2923!Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force!Regiment.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!18th!December!1944!aged!23!while!fighting!in!
Kifissia,!Greece.!Youngest!son!of!William!James!and!Lily!Hillman!Pope!of!12!Parc!Terrace,!
Newlyn,!Penzance;!brother!of!AB!Seaman!William!Pope!RN!(see!below).!Interred!in!Phaleron!War!
Cemetery,!Athens,!Greece.!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!
!POPE,!William!(Billy)!James.!AB!Seaman.!D/JX208377.!Royal!Navy!(HMS!President!III).!SS!
Stanleigh!(London).!Killed!on!active!service!on!Friday!14th!March!1941!aged!32.!Son!of!William!
James!Pope!and!Lily!Hillman!Pope!of!12!Parc!Terrace,!Newlyn,!Penzance;!brother!of!Sgt!Gordon!
Pope!RAF!Regt!(see!above).!Interred!Barrow:in:Furness!Cemetery,!Lancashire!(Sec!5,!
Nonconformist.!Grave!2126).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!The!SS!Stanleigh,!a!steamship!of!1,802!tons,!was!requisitioned!as!a!collier!by!the!
Admiralty!from!the!Stanhope!Steamship!Co!Ltd.!While!in!convoy!from!Devonport!to!Barrow:in:Furness,!in!ballast,!she!was!struck!by!a!bomb!dropped!from!a!German!aircraft!off!the!coast!of!
Wales!with!the!loss!of!20!personnel.!She!limped!into!Liverpool!Bay!and!then!sank.!HMS!President!
III!was!the!shore!HQ!for!all!naval!personnel!serving!on!Defensively!Equipped!Merchant!Ships!
(DEMS).!!
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RADCLIFFE,!John!(Jack)!Donald.!Sergeant!(Pilot).!1315304.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!
Killed!in!flying!accident!on!Friday!2nd!April!1943!age!21!at!RAF!East!Fortune,!East!Lothian,!Scotland.!Son!of!Joseph!Redvers!and!Mabel!Radcliffe!of!3!Union!Place,!Truro!and!formerly!of!
Penzance,!Cornwall.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!following!funeral!service!at!St!John’s!Church.!
Listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial,!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!War!Memorial,!Madron!
War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Educated!at!Penzance!County!School!for!
Boys.!Employee!of!Borough!Accountant’s!Office!and!was!the!first!member!of!Penzance!Borough!
staff!to!lay!down!his!life!in!this!war.!At!the!time!of!his!death!RAF!East!Fortune!was!a!training!establishment!for!daylight!operations!using!Beaufighter,!Beaufort,!Blenheim!and!Mosquito!
aircraft.!
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RADCLIFFE,!Raymond!Richard!Carew.!Sub!Lieutenant!(Electrical).!Royal!Naval!Volunteer!
Reserve.!HMS!Algerine!(J213).!Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!15th!November!1942.!Listed!on!
Portsmouth!Naval!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Algerine,!an!Algerine!
class!minesweeper,!was!torpedoed!and!sunk!on!15th!November!1942!off!Bougie,!Algeria!by!the!Italian!submarine!Ascianghi.!!
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RAWLINGS,!Cecil!Archie.!Seaman!1st!Class.!United!States!Naval!Reserve.!Killed!in!action!on!USS!
Gambier!Bay!(CVE!73)!on!Wednesday!25th!October!1944!age!20!during!the!Battle!of!Samar,!
Philippines.!Only!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Rawlings!of!8!Carn!Gwavas!Terrace,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!
Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!USS!Gambier!Bay!was!a!Casablanca!class!escort!carrier!(7,800!tons)!of!Task!force!3!which!came!under!relentless!fire!from!four!Japanese!heavy!
cruisers!during!the!battle.!Despite!the!courageous!intervention!of!three!USN!destroyers!and!air!
support!from!Task!Force!2!the!carrier!rolled!over!and!sank!but!nearly!800!of!the!crew!of!860!
survived.!Sadly!Seaman!Rawlings!was!not!one!of!them.!
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RICH,!Cyril!Guy.!Flight!Sergeant.!935019.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!159!Squadron,!
Royal!Air!Force.!Killed!on!active!service!in!Burma!on!Wednesday!7th!April!1943!age!25.!Second!son!of!Sydney!Gordon!Rich!and!Beatrice!Annie!Rich!of!Boskenwyn!Lodge,!Penzance,!Cornwall!and!
later!of!Malvern!Lodge,!Waterloo,!Truro.!!Listed!on!Singapore!Memorial,!on!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!
Church),!Madron!and!Truro!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!In!April!
1943!the!squadron!were!flying!Liberator!Mark!II!aircraft!out!of!their!base!at!RAF!Salbani,!India.!
Operations!were!mainly!long!range!reconnaissance!and!bombing!missions!against!the!Japanese!
in!Burma,!Dutch!East!Indies,!Indo!China,!Malaya!and!Thailand.!!
!RICH,!Kenneth!John.!Flying!Officer!(Observer).!89595.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!209!
Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!Killed!on!active!service!on!Tuesday!8th!September!1942!age!22.!Only!
son!of!John!and!Winifred!Gladys!Rich!of!Stretford,!Lancashire!and!formerly!of!Penzance.!Interred!
in!Diego!Suarez!War!Cemetery,!Madagascar.!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!
Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!From!March!1942!until!the!end!
of!the!war!the!squadron!flew!Catalina!Mark!IIA!flying!boats!out!of!Kipevu!in!East!Africa.!They!also!used!detached!bases!in!South!Africa,!Madagascar,!Kenya,!Oman!and!the!Seychelles.!
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RICHARDS,!Arthur.!Leading!Stoker.!D/KX!84999.!HMS!Repulse!(34).!Royal!Navy.!Killed!in!action!
on!Wednesday!10th!December!1941.!Arthur!left!St!Ives!in!1929!and!joined!the!Royal!Navy!in!1934!
eventually!moving!to!Scotland!where!he!married.!Younger!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!A.!Richards,!
formerly!bakers!of!Gabriel!Street,!St.!Ives.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!52,!Column!2),!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!War!Memorial,!Madron!War!Memorial,!St!Ives!War!
Memorial,!in!Madron!Church!Book!of!Remembrance!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
HMS!Repulse,!a!Renown!class!battleship,!was!sunk,!along!with!HMS!Prince!of!Wales,!by!Japanese!
bombers!and!torpedo!planes!on!10th!December!1941!off!the!coast!of!Malaya.!!
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RICHARDS,!Charles!Everett.!Lieutenant!Paymaster.!Royal!Naval!Volunteer!Reserve.!HMS!Royal!
Katherine.!Died!while!on!active!service!in!Germany!on!Thursday!30th!August!1945!age!33.!Son!of!Charles!Everett!and!Clarissa!Richards!of!Mousehole.!Interred!in!Hamburg!Cemetery,!Germany!
(1A.G.5).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Employee!
of!Lloyds!Bank!before!enlisting.!HMS!Royal!Katherine!was!the!Port!Party!at!Wilhelmshaven,!
Germany!between!May!1945!and!April!1946!and!headquarters!for!the!Flag!Officer!West!
Germany.!
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RICHARDS,!Edward!James.!Seaman.!LT/JX!215748.!Royal!Naval!Patrol!Service.!HM!Trawler!Lord!Selborne!(GY!509).!Killed!on!active!service!on!Monday!31st!March!1941!age!28.!Son!of!Edward!
John!and!Myrtle!Venning!Richards!of!8!Custom!House!Court,!Penzance;!husband!of!Harriet!Emily!
Richards!of!Porthleven.!Listed!on!Lowestoft!Naval!Memorial!(Panel!6,!Column!1),!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!Porthleven!War!Memorial.!HM!Lord!Selborne!was!requisitioned!
from!trade!in!1940!and!converted!to!an!Auxiliary!Patrol!Vessel.!She!was!mined!in!the!Humber!
Estuary,!3!miles!off!Spurn!Head,!on!31st!March!1941.!!
RICHARDS,!Eldred.!Private.!5439965.!7th!Battalion,!Royal!Sussex!Regiment,!British!Expeditionary!
Force.!Died!of!wounds!in!France!at!No!13!General!Hospital!on!Monday!20th!May!1940!age!22!!
from!injuries!received!in!air!raid!the!previous!day!at!Dunkirk.!Fourth!son!of!John!and!Elizabeth!
Richards!of!1!Parc!Letta,!Heamoor!and!later!of!11!Tolver!Place,!Penzance.!Interred!St!Sever!
Cemetery!Extension,!Rouen!(Block!“S”,!Plot!4,!Row!N,!Grave!10).!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!Prior!to!joining!was!employed!by!the!Standard!Shoe!Company,!Penzance!and!played!drums!in!the!Cremona!Dance!Orchestra.!
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RICHARDS,!Joseph!Clifton.!Private.!63002.!!2!GHQ!Transport!Company,!Royal!Army!Service!Corps.!
Lost!at!sea!on!Wednesday!29th!May!1940!aged!35!off!Dunkirk,!France.!Born!in!South!Africa.!
Worked!at!Penlee!Quarry,!Newlyn!as!an!apprentice!engineer!and!later!was!employed!as!Chief!
Engineer.!Territorial!soldier!prior!to!the!war.!Son!of!Joseph!John!and!Clara!Richards!of!St!Day,!Cornwall;!husband!of!Freda!Richards!of!96!Fore!Street,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Dunkirk!
Memorial,!Dunkirk!Town!Cemetery,!Nord,!France!(Column!141),!on!both!Newlyn!and!St!Day!War!
Memorials,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!headstone!in!Sheffield!Road!Cemetery,!
Paul.!Photograph!in!Board!School,!Newlyn.!It!is!believed!that!he!was!one!of!600!troops,!mainly!
RASC,!that!were!picked!up!from!La!Panne!Beach!by!the!PS!Waverley!from!12th!Minesweeping!
Flotilla,!Harwich.!Shortly!afterwards!the!Waverley!was!attacked!and!bombed!by!German!aircraft.!
One!bomb!struck!her!on!the!port!quarter,!passed!through!her!bottom,!leaving!a!hole!about!6!feet!in!diameter.!Four!soldiers!were!killed!and!a!number!wounded.!When!the!Waverley!sank!off!the!
Kwint!Bank!Buoy!many!of!her!soldiers!were!left!swimming!or!trying!to!keep!afloat,!but!the!
numbers!thinned!out!considerably!within!15!to!20!minutes.!Several!ships!in!the!area!rescued!
around!450!but!the!remainder,!150,!drowned.!The!paddle!steamer!Waverley!(537!gross!tons)!
was!built!in!1899!by!A!&!J!Inglis!for!the!London!North!Eastern!Railway!and!was!taken!into!
military!service!at!the!start!of!the!war.!
!RICHARDS,!John!Martin.!Gunner.!1085280.!1st!Battery,!28!Field!Regiment,!Royal!Artillery.!Killed!
in!action!on!Friday!24th!July!1942!age!33.!!Second!son!of!Silas!Jenkin!Richards!and!Rhoda!Ann!
Richards!of!Boscreege!Farm,!Gulval,!Penzance;!husband!of!Eileen!Richards.!Listed!on!Alamein!
Memorial,!Egypt,!on!Gulval!Church!War!Memorial,!on!Towednack!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!
!RICHARDS,!Richard!Sidney.!Royal!Navy.!Killed!as!a!result!of!enemy!action!in!London!on!Sunday!
11th!May!1941.!Husband!of!Theresa!Roscorla!Richards,!Centerville,!6!Parade!Passage,!Penzance.!
Interred,!with!full!naval!honours,!RN!Burial!Grounds,!Woodlands!Cemetery,!Gillingham,!Kent.!
Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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RICHARDS,!Sherman.!Military!Medal.!Corporal.!Devon!and!Somerset!Yeomanry.!Resident!of!Heamoor.!Died!1948.!Listed!on!Madron!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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RICHARDS,!William!Charles.!Late!Royal!Army!Medical!Corps.!Died!at!West!Cornwall!Hospital,!
Penzance!on!Saturday!23rd!March!1946.!Prisoner!of!war!for!six!years!and!in!poor!health!since!
release.!Husband!of!Mrs!Richards!of!19!Penalverne!Crescent,!Penzance.!Funeral!service!at!St!
John’s!Church.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
!ROGERS,!Edward!John!(Eddy).!Driver.!T/146398.!10th!Armoured!Division!Supply!Column,!Royal!
Army!Service!Corps.!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!23rd!November!1942!age!27.!Born!at!St!Just,!
Cornwall.!Son!of!Edward!John!Rogers!and!Edith!Rogers!(nee!Rogers)!of!8!Burton!Row,!Penzance!
and!later!of!4!Albert!Villas,!Penzance,!late!of!St!Just.!Listed!on!the!Alamein!Memorial,!Egypt,!on!St!
Just!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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ROSCORLA,!Douglas.!Leading!Telegraphist.!D/JX!141196.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Matabele!(F26).!Killed!in!action!on!Saturday!17th!January!1942!age!23.!Eldest!son!of!Harry!and!Violet!Roscorla!of!
Trethurgy,!St!Austell,!formerly!of!Park!Corner,!Penzance;!husband!of!Elizabeth!Cora!Roscorla!
(nee!Richards)!of!Penwyn,!Boase!Street,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial!
and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Matabele,!a!Tribal!class!destroyer!launched!in!
1937,!when!on!Russian!convoy!escort!duty!was!torpedoed!on!17th!January!1942!by!German!
submarine!U454!just!off!the!Kola!Inlet.!She!sank!within!two!minutes!and!although!many!of!the!crew!were!able!to!abandon!the!ship!they!froze!to!death!in!the!icy!waters.!
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ROSCORLA,!Julia!Charlotte.!Mrs.!Civilian!of!7!Penlee!Street.!Died!from!injuries!following!an!air!
raid!on!Penzance!on!Friday!20th!June!1941!age!75.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!Five!bombs!fell!in!the!area!of!Penzance!Railway!Station!and!
Tarover!Road!in!the!morning.!One!enemy!aircraft!was!shot!down!and!crashed!into!the!sea!with!
no!survivors.!!Extreme!damage!was!caused!to!residential!and!business!properties,!including!the!Railway!Hotel,!with!250!families!affected!because!of!an!unexploded!bomb.!
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ROSEWARNE,!Vivian!Allen!William!(Jim).!Flying!Officer!(Pilot).!40021.!38!Squadron,!Royal!Air!
Force.!Killed!on!air!operations!on!Thursday!30th!May!1940!age!27.!Wellington!Mark!IC!bomber!
R3162!HD:H.!Only!son!of!the!late!Mr!Rosewarne!and!Mrs!L!Rosewarne!of!27!Home!Park!Road,!
Wimbledon,!London.Interred!in!Veurne!Communal!Cemetery!Extension,!Belgium.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Took!off!from!RAF!Marham,!Norfolk!for!Diksmuide!and!crashed!
at!Veurne!25!kilometres!SW!of!Oostende,!Belgium.!All!six!of!the!crew!were!killed.!!
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ROWE,!Clarence!Derrick.!AB!Seaman.!D/SSX!25813.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Attack!(Coastal!Forces!
Base,!Portland).!Died!of!wounds!on!Thursday!24th!June!1943!age!22!while!serving!on!a!motor!
torpedo!boat.!Son!of!William!James!and!Emma!Letty!Rowe!of!Penzance.!Interred!in!Penzance!
Cemetery.!Listed!on!High!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Attack!was!the!base!for!commando!raids!on!the!enemy!occupied!coast!of!
France.!!
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ROWE,!Jack.!Gunner.!1566460.!518!Battery,!209!Heavy!Anti:Aircraft!Regiment,!Royal!Artillery.!
Died!at!West!Cornwall!Hospital,!Penzance!on!Wednesday!4th!March!1942!age!23.!Son!of!George!
Treleon!Rowe!and!Mary!Thomas!Rowe!of!Penzance.!Discharged!from!HM!Forces!prior!to!death.!
Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!and!listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
ROWE,!James!(Jim)!Henry.!Gunner.!14377974.!HQ!123rd!(6th!Battalion,!The!City!of!London!
Regiment)!Light!Anti!Aircraft!Regiment,!Royal!Artillery.!Died,!following!an!accident,!on!active!
service!on!Monday!26th!April!1943!age!26!at!Grimsby!Hospital.!Only!son!of!James!and!Elizabeth!
Jane!Rowe!of!32!Rosevean!Road,!Penzance;!husband!of!Irene!Rowe!(nee!Hill)!of!16!Parc!Mellon,!Treneere,!Penzance.!Interred!Penzance!Cemetery!with!service!headstone!following!funeral!
service!at!Richmond!Methodist!Church.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!!
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ROWE,!Rowland!Richard!Henry.!BSc!(London).!Pilot!Officer!(Observer).!116026.!10!Operational!
Training!Unit,!Royal!Air!Force.!Killed!on!air!operations!on!Tuesday!2nd!June!1942!age!31.!Whitley!
Mark!V!bomber!Z6581.!Elder!son!of!Richard!Henry!Rowe!and!Jessie!Rowe!(nee!Rickard);!husband!of!Daisy!Stella!Rowe!(nee!Chard)!of!Bitterne!Park,!Southampton.!Gendringen!Roman!
Catholic!Church!Cemetery,!Gelderland,!Netherlands.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
Took!off!from!RAF!Abingdon,!Oxfordshire!for!Essen,!Germany.!Shot!down!by!German!night!
fighter!over!Breedenbroek,!Holland!with!the!loss!of!all!her!crew.!!
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ROWE,!Thomas!George!Richard.!Flying!Officer!(Pilot).!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!Killed!
on!active!service!in!a!crash!landing!in!the!Orkneys!on!Friday!1st!June!1945!aged!26.!Educated!at!Penzance!County!School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School).!Joined!the!Army!in!1939!and!
served!with!the!Gloucestershire!Regiment!before!transferring!to!the!RAF.!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!J!
Rowe!of!Orient!View,!Carne!Road,!Newlyn,!Penzance;!husband!of!Alma!June!Rowe!of!Grangetown,!
Sunderland,!County!Durham.!St!Olaf’s!Cemetery,!Kirkwall,!Orkney!(Plot!33.!Joint!grave!16).!Listed!
on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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RUNDLE.!Ronald!George.!Sapper.!1892029.!Royal!Engineers.!Died!on!Monday!23rd!June!1947!age!28.!Son!of!Walter!and!Edith!Rundle;!husband!of!Dorothy!Rundle!of!Heamoor,!Penzance;!brother!
of!Charlie!Rundle!(see!below).!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery!with!a!service!headstone.!Listed!on!
both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!!
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RUNDLE,!Walter!Charles!(Charlie)!Edwin.!Telegraphist.!D/JX!617160.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Kite!(U87).!Killed!in!action!on!Monday!21st!August!1944!age!28.!Eldest!son!of!Walter!and!Edith!Rundle!
of!16!Poltair!Terrace,!Heamoor,!Penzance;!brother!of!Sapper!Ronald!Rundle!(see!above).!Listed!
on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon,!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!
Memorials,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!his!brother’s!headstone!in!Penzance!
Cemetery.!HMS!Kite,!a!sloop!of!the!modified!Black!Swan!class,!was!torpedoed!by!German!
submarine!U344!on!21st!August!1944!while!on!convoy!escort!duty.!Only!14!members!out!of!her!
crew!of!60!survived.!!!
RUSHTON,!Richard!Douglas!(Dougs).!Sergeant!(Wireless!Operator/Air!Gunner).!652008.!203!
Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!Killed!in!Aden!on!Tuesday!18th!February!1941!age!19.!Only!son!of!
Richard!Francis!and!Ethel!May!Rushton!of!9!Cornwall!Terrace,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Alamein!
Memorial,!Egypt,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!parents’!headstone!in!Penzance!
Cemetery!(Plot!20).!At!the!time!of!his!death!the!squadron!was!operating!Blenheim!Mark!IV!bombers!out!of!RAF!Khormaksar,!Aden!with!a!detachment!at!Berbera,!on!reconnaissance!and!
fighter!patrols!over!the!Red!Sea.!
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SANDOE,!Jack!P.!Seaman.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Glorious!(77).!Lost!his!life!at!sea!through!enemy!
action!on!Saturday!8th!June!1940.!Son!of!Mr!A!V!Sandoe,!dentist!of!Chapel!Street,!Penzance.!Listed!
in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Before!enlisting!he!was!a!member!of!the!staff!at!the!Ritz!
Cinema!in!Penzance.!HMS!Glorious,!an!aircraft!carrier!of!the!Courageous!class,!was!launched!in!1916.!On!the!8th!of!June!1940,!during!the!withdrawal!from!Norway,!HMS!Glorious!and!her!
escorting!destroyers!HMS!Acasta!and!HMS!Ardent!were!caught!by!the!German!battlecruisers!
Scharnhorst!and!Gneisenau!and!sunk.!HMS!Glorious,!with!a!full!deck!of!Hurricanes!and!
Gladiators,!was!unable!to!launch!her!aircraft.!There!were!only!43!survivors.!
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SANDREY,!Llewellyn.!Ordinary!Signalman.!D/SSX!33876.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Broadwater!(H81).!
Died!of!wounds!on!active!service!on!Sunday!19th!October!1941!age!20.!Only!son!of!Mrs!P!Dugdale!and!stepson!of!Mr!Percy!Dugdale!of!25!St!Michael’s!Street,!Penzance!and!later!of!Trythogga!Hill,!
Gulval.!Interred!Londonderry!City!Cemetery,!Northern!Ireland.!Listed!on!Gulval!Church!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Broadwater,!a!Town!class!destroyer,!was!
torpedoed!on!the!18th!October!1941!by!German!submarine!U101!in!the!North!Atlantic!whilst!
escorting!convoy!SC48!.!
!SARGEANT,!Frederick!George.!Petty!Officer.!164443.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Rajputana!(F35).!Killed!by!
enemy!action!on!Sunday!13th!April!1941!age!45.!Son!of!Sydney!and!Mary!Sargeant;!husband!of!
Evelyn!Maud!Sargeant!of!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Rajputana,!an!ex!P&O!passenger!ship!converted!to!armed!merchant!
cruiser,!was!sunk!by!German!submarine!U108!on!13th!April!1945!whilst!part!of!the!North!Atlantic!
Escort!Force.!!
SAUNDERS,!Arthur.!AB!Seaman.!Merchant!Navy.!Cable!Ship!SS!Lady!of!the!Isles!(Penzance).!Killed!
at!sea!on!Thursday!3rd!October!1940!age!26.!Son!of!Arthur!!and!Emily!Saunders;!husband!of!Dora!
May!Saunders!of!6!Abbey!Place,!New!Street,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Tower!Hill!Memorial,!London!
and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!SS!Lady!of!the!Isles!was!taken!into!Naval!service!as!a!
cable!ship,!following!a!long!career!as!first!the!ferry!steamer!between!the!Isles!of!Scilly!and!
Penzance,!and!then!as!the!salvage!ship!for!the!Western!Marine!Co!of!Penzance.!She!was!under!tow!of!a!tug!when!she!detonated!a!mine,!probably!magnetic,!and!sank!in!44!metres!depth!3!miles!
E!of!St!Anthony!Point,!Falmouth.!!(Note:!Records!state!that!Saunders!had!pre:war!service!in!RN!
but!was!medically!discharged).!
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SAYER,!Charles!William.!AB!Seaman.!C/JX140578.!Royal!Navy.!!HMS!Dolphin.!Died!on!Sunday!16th!
May!1943!aged!25.!Son!of!Sydney!George!and!Mabel!Dorothy!Sayer!of!Newlyn,!Penzance;!
husband!of!Evelyn!Jessie!Sayer!of!Lowestoft.!Interred!in!Lowestoft!Cemetery,!Kirkley,!Suffolk!(Sec.!J.!Grave!204).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!
Dolphin!at!Gosport,!Hampshire!was!the!Royal!Navy!Submarine!School.!
!
SECOMBE,!William.!Chief!Marine!Engineer.!Merchant!Navy.!Died!on!Friday!9th!May!1941!age!60!at!
Bodmin!Emergency!Hospital,!Bodmin!from!the!effects!of!war!service.!Resident!of!20!Furneaux!
Avenue,!Milehouse,!Plymouth.!Youngest!son!of!the!late!Sgt!Secombe,!Borough!Police,!of!3!Victoria!Square,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Bodmin!Cemetery!and!listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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SLEEMAN,!Alfred!Ernest.!Fusilier.!14656056.!9th!Battalion,!Royal!Fusiliers!(City!of!London).!Killed!
in!action!on!Wednesday!6th!September!1944!age!21.!Son!of!Albert!and!Caroline!Sleeman!of!Gulval!
Cross.!Interred!in!Coriano!Ridge!War!Cemetery,!Riccione,!Italy.!Listed!on!St!John’s!Church!War!
Memorial,!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!
of!Remembrance.!!
SLEEMAN,!James!(Jimmie)!Pascoe.!Stoker.!LT/KX101894.!Royal!Naval!Patrol!Service.!HM!Trawler!
Sea!King.!Lost!his!life!at!sea!on!active!service!on!Wednesday!9th!October!1940!age!33.!Son!of!
George!and!Sarah!Sleeman!of!Mousehole,!Penzance,!Cornwall;!husband!of!Victoria!Gwendolene!
Sleeman!of!1!Gurnick!Cottages,!Mousehole.!Listed!on!Lowestoft!Naval!Memorial!(Panel!4,!Column!
1),!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Mousehole!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Vessel!was!sunk!by!an!underwater!explosion!in!Grimsby!Roads.!
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STANLEY,!Patrick!Joseph.!Civilian.!Child!Evacuee.!Killed!in!air!raid!on!Thursday!7th!November!
1940!age!9.!Son!of!Mrs!Stanley!of!7!Kenley!Street,!Nottinghill,!London.!Died!at!Alverton.!Listed!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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STEPHENS,!Alfred!Edmund.!Sergeant!(Wireless!Operator/Air!Gunner).!1164425.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!Died!on!active!service!on!Thursday!12th!June!1941!age!19!at!Stranraer,!
Wigtown,!Scotland.!Son!of!Gilbert!and!Evelyn!(Eva)!Rees!Stephens!of!33!The!Close,!Treneere,!
Penzance.!Interred!Penzance!Cemetery.!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!
Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Formerly!employed!with!GWR.!
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STEPHENS,!Edward!George!Reginald.!Seaman.!Trinity!House.!Trinity!ship!Vestal.!Lost!his!life!at!
sea!Thursday!11th!January!1940!age!29.!Husband!of!Mrs!Stephens!of!12!Tolver!Road,!Penzance.!Ship!was!delivering!provisions!to!the!Eddystone!Lighthouse.!Launch!with!eight!crew!lowered!but!
swamped!by!heavy!seas!when!engine!failed.!There!was!only!one!survivor.!Edward!Stephens!was!
a!temporary!employee!having!only!joined!Trinity!House!just!before!Christmas.!Prior!to!joining!he!
had!been!a!deep!sea!sailor!in!the!Merchant!Navy.!
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STEVENS,!Richard!John!(Jack).!Corporal.!7644638.!Royal!Army!Ordnance!Corps.!Died!on!Monday!28th!August!1944.!Son!of!Stephen!and!Therenia!Stevens!of!3!Beechfield!Cottages,!Long!Rock,!
Penzance.!Interred!in!St!Ludgvan!Church!Cemetery,!Ludgvan,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Ludgvan!War!
Memorial,!Long!Rock!Memorial!Institute!War!Memorial!and!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
Listed!as!Royal!Army!Service!Corps!on!Long!Rock!Memorial.!
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STRICK,!William!Henry.!Serjeant.!5436906.!45th!Regiment!Reconnaissance!Corps,!Royal!Armoured!Corps.!Killed!in!action!Thursday!16th!March!1944!age!27!in!Burma.!Son!of!Harry!Jim!
and!Rose!Strick;!husband!of!Hilda!Beatrice!Strick!of!16!Polweath!Road,!Treneere!Estate,!
Penzance,!Cornwall.!Listed!on!the!Rangoon!Memorial,!Taukkyan!Cemetery,!Myanmar!(Burma)!
and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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STROWGER,!Eric!Leopold!Ralph.!Corporal.!637395.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!Air!Sea!
Rescue!Service,!Royal!Air!Force.!Killed!at!Weymouth!on!active!service!on!Thursday!21st!September!1944!age!38.!Eldest!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!L.!Strowger!of!39!Chywoone!Crescent,!Gwavas!
Estate,!Newlyn,!Penzance;!husband!of!Jane!Strowger!of!1!Boase’s!Row,!Wherrytown,!Penzance.!
Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Interred!in!Penzance!
Cemetery.!!
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SULLIVAN,!Thomas!Desmond.!Leading!Supply!Assistant.!D/MX!54651.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!
Gloucester.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!22nd!May!1941!age!24!during!the!Battle!of!Crete.!Educated!at!Hayle!Grammar!School!and!joined!the!RN!in!1936.!Second!son!of!Frederick!Thomas!
(ex!Lloyds!Bank)!and!Emilie!Allen!Sullivan!of!49!Queen!Street,!Penzance.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!
of!Remembrance.!HMS!Gloucester,!a!light!cruiser!of!the!Gloucester!class,!was!launched!in!October!
1937.!She!was!sunk!in!the!Eastern!Mediterranean!in!the!Antikythera!Channel.!NW!of!Crete!by!
German!Ju:87!and!Ju:88!bombers!during!the!German!invasion!of!Crete.!Fortysix!officers,!
including!the!captain,!and!648!of!her!crew!lost!their!lives.!!
SWIRE!GRIFFITHS,!William!John.!Flight!Lieutenant!(Pilot).!39833.!45!Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!
Killed!in!flying!accident!at!Whitechurch,!Southampton!on!Saturday!16th!March!1940!age!27.!
Educated!at!Exeter!School.!Prior!to!enlisting!he!was!games!master!at!St!Erbyn’s!Preparatory!
School,!Penzance.!Captained!Penzance!Rugby!Club!and!played!for!Cornwall!and!London!Wasps.!
Younger!son!of!Mrs!G!Swire!Griffiths!and!the!late!Maj!R.!Swire!Griffiths!of!21!Hillside!Estate,!
Newlyn.!Interred!Penzance!Cemetery,!following!funeral!at!Gulval!Church!22nd!March!1940.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!At!the!time!of!
his!death!the!squadron!was!operating!Blenheim!bombers!out!of!RAF!Fuka,!Egypt.!
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SYMONS,!Denys!John.!Captain.!245330.!11th!(1st!Battalion!The!Queen’s!Westminsters)!Battalion,!
King’s!Royal!Rifle!Corps.!Killed!in!action!Thursday!4th!January!1945!age!25.!Only!son!of!Mr!and!
Mrs!S.!Symons!of!11!Dolphin!Road,!Slough,!Buckinghamshire;!husband!of!Muriel!Edith!Symons!of!Tremenheere!Road,!Penzance.!Phaleron!War!Cemetery,!Athens,!Greece.!Educated!at!St!Paul’s!
School,!London!and!employed!by!Shell!Mex.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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SYMONS,!William!Thomas!(Tom)!Samuel.!Private.!5628525.!13th!Battalion!The!King’s!Regiment!
(Liverpool).!Died!while!a!prisoner!of!war!of!the!Japanese!in!Kalwena!Camp,!Burma!on!Tuesday!1st!
June!1943!age!30.!Previously!employee!of!General!Post!Office!at!Penzance!and!Plymouth.!Enlisted!
in!1940.!Second!son!of!Samuel!and!Bessie!Symons!of!The!Cottage,!Treneere!Manor,!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Rangoon!Memorial,!Taukkyan!War!Cemetery,!Rangoon,!Burma.!Also!listed!on!his!
parents’!grave!in!Penzance!Cemetery!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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THOMAS,!Christopher!Rowland.!Stoker!1st!Class.!D/KX91599.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Glorious!(77).!
Lost!at!sea!on!Sunday!9th!June!1940!age!26.!Third!son!of!Francis!and!Emily!Thomas!of!King’s!
Road,!Marazion,!Penzance;!brother!of!Stoker!Arthur!Leonard!Thomas!(see!above).!Listed!on!
Plymouth!War!Memorial,!Devon,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!Marazion!War!Memorial.!HMS!Glorious,!an!aircraft!carrier!of!the!Courageous!class,!was!launched!in!April!1916.!
During!the!withdrawal!from!Norway!HMS!Glorious!and!her!escorting!destroyers!HMS!Acasta!and!
HMS!Ardent!were!caught!by!the!German!battlecruisers!Scharnhorst!and!Gneisenau!and!sunk.!
HMS!Glorious,!with!a!full!deck!of!hurricanes!and!Gladiators,!was!unable!to!launch!her!aircraft.!
There!were!only!43!survivors.!
!THOMAS,!William!Charles!Marcus.!Sergeant!(Wireless!Operator/Air!Gunner).!1203830.!Royal!Air!
Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!57!Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!Killed!on!air!operations!on!Saturday!28th!
August!1943.!Son!of!Charles!and!Jane!Thomas;!husband!of!Lilian!Majorie!Thomas!of!Holburn,!
London.!Interred!Durnbach!War!Cemetery,!Bad!Tobz,!near!Munich,!Germany.!Listed!on!St!John’s!
Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!His!aircraft!was!a!Lancaster!Mark!
III!bomber!from!RAF!Scampton!on!operations!over!Nurnberg.!!!
THURBAN,!William!James.!Seaman.!LT/JX!221509.!Royal!Naval!Patrol!Service.!Died!on!Tuesday!
23rd!February!1943!age!34!at!West!Cornwall!Hospital,!Penzance.!Son!of!William!and!Jane!
Thurban!of!Mousehole;!husband!of!Edith!Emily!Thurban!of!Gurnick!Street,!Mousehole.!Interred!
Sheffield!Road!Cemetery,!Paul,!Penzance!following!funeral!at!Paul!Church.!Listed!on!Mousehole!
Methodist!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!TONKIN,!Reginald!Charles!(Charlie).!Private.!5441010.!7th!Battalion,!Oxfordshire!and!
Buckinghamshire!Light!Infantry,!167th!Brigade,!56th!Division.!Died!in!Algeria!on!Tuesday!30th!
November!1943!aged!27,!from!wounds!received!during!the!Battle!of!Monte!Camino,!southwest!of!
Cassino,!Italy,!which!took!place!over!the!period!11th!to!13th!November!1943.!Member!of!St!John’s!
Ambulance,!Penzance.!Son!of!Philip!and!Dorothy!Tonkin!of!27!Leskinnick!Terrace,!Penzance;!
husband!of!Ruby!Elvira!Tonkin!of!14!Green!Street,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Dely!Ibrahim!
War!Cemetery,!Algiers,!Algeria,!North!Africa!(4.E12).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!St!John’s!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Monte!Camino!was!overlooked!
and!dominated!by!Monastry!Hill!and!this!gave!the!Germans!excellent!observation!from!which!to!
direct!fire!on!any!attacking!force.!Just!below!the!summits!were!jagged!razor!edged!spurs!with!
steep!approaches!strewn!with!heavy!boulders.!In!their!defences!the!Germans!had!excavated!
machine!gun!positions!out!of!solid!rock.!In!the!first!of!two!engagements,!by!bitter!hand:to:hand!
fighting!and!courageous!assaults!up!the!cliff!face!and!over!large!boulders,!the!summit!of!Monte!Camino!was!taken!but!after!ten!days!the!troops!had!to!be!withdrawn!due!to!terrible!weather!and!
the!difficulties!in!bringing!up!water,!food!and!ammunition.!After!reorganisation,!a!fresh!attack,!
proceeded!by!one!of!the!heaviest!concentrations!of!artillery!fire,!was!made.!This!attack!
succeeded!but!not!before!the!enemy!had!fought!with!despairing!fury!from!their!shelters.!During!
the!course!of!the!battle!the!Battalion!suffered!3!officers!and!21!ORs!killed,!3!officers!and!65!ORs!
wounded!,!and!1!officer!and!26!ORs!missing.!
!TRAHAIR,!Thomas!Thornton.!Gunner.!1144156.!77!Field!Regiment,!Royal!Artillery.!Killed!in!
action!near!Cassino,!Frosinone,!Italy!on!Thursday!12th!May!1944!age!21.!Son!of!John!Harvey!and!
the!late!Ethel!Ada!Trahair!of!Parc!Terrace,!Paul!Hill,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!the!Cassino!
Memorial,!Italy!(Panel!2),!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!!
!TRAHAIR,!Thomas!(Tommy).!Stoker!1st!Class.!D/KX90586.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Exeter!(68).!Prisoner!
of!War!!at!Macassar,!Celebes,!Netherlands!East!Indies.!Died!from!a!tropical!illness!during!
captivity!on!Thursday!12th!April!1945!age!26.!Son!of!James!Thomas!Trahair!and!Janie!Trahair!of!
Newlyn,!Penzance;!husband!of!Rosaline!Trahair!of!45!Chapel!Street,!Penzance.!Ambon!War!
Cemetery,!Indonesia!having!been!brought!in!from!the!European!Cemetery!at!Makassar!(Grave!
No.!B73).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Exeter,!a!
York!class!heavy!cruiser,!was!launched!in!1929.!She!took!part!in!the!Battle!of!the!River!Plate!in!December!1939.!On!28th!February!1942!she!was!scuttled!in!the!Sunda!Straits!off!the!Bawean!
Islands,!Northwest!of!Surabaya!having!been!critically!damaged!by!Japanese!naval!gunfire!and!a!
torpedo!during!the!battle!of!the!Java!Sea.!Over!300!survivors!who!were!rescued!by!the!Japanese!
became!prisoners!of!war.!
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TREGARTHEN,!Edward!(Teddie)!Richard.!Petty!Officer!Telegraphist.!D/JX!145407.!Royal!Navy.!
HMS!Nile.!Died!on!Friday!16th!November!1945!age!26!from!a!fracture!of!the!skull.!Joined!the!RN!age!15.!Son!of!Edward!J.!and!Mary!Jane!Tregarthen!of!25!Bedford!Road,!St!Ives,!Cornwall.!
Interred!in!Alexandria!(Hadra)!War!Memorial!Cemetery,!Egypt!(Plot!6,!Row!E,!Grave!10).!Listed!
on!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church),!Madron!and!St!Ives!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!HMS!Nile!was!the!Royal!Navy’s!shore!base!at!Ras!el!Tin!Point,!Alexandria,!Egypt!
between!April!1939!and!June!1946.!
!TREGONING,!John!Thomas.!Captain.!197909.!Royal!Army!Service!Corps.!Died!of!disease!on!
Thursday!16th!September!1943!age!31whilst!serving!with!the!Indian!Service!Corps.!Educated!at!
Penzance!County!School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School)!and!Truro!School,!Cornwall.!
Worked!on!a!farm!after!leaving.!Son!of!William!Carne!Tregoning!(market!gardener)!and!Hannah!
Tregoning.!Interred!in!Kirkee!War!Cemetery,!Poona,!India!(10.G.3).!Listed!on!Gulval!Church,!
Penzance!and!Truro!School!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
TRELOAR,!Arthur!Raymond.!Corporal.!S/152061.!No!2!Company,!Royal!Army!Service!Corps.!
Killed!in!action!on!Sunday!7th!June!1942!age!31.!Second!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!A.!Treloar!formerly!of!
Medrose!Terrace!and!later!of!9!Polweath!Road,!Treneere,!Penzance;!husband!Pauline!Treloar!of!
42!Trevean!Road,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Tobruk!War!Cemetery,!Libya,!North!Africa!(2.C.13).!
Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
!TREMBATH,!Benedict.!Leading!Seaman.!LT/JX!205386.!Royal!Naval!Patrol!Service.!HM!Auxiallary!
Patrol!Vessel!Ocean!Pride.!Died!on!Saturday!24th!May!1941!age!61.!Son!of!Benedict!and!Cecilia!
Mary!Trembath;!husband!of!Leila!Trembath.!Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Penzance!and!listed!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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TRENOWETH,!William!Romilly.!Seaman.!Trinity!House.!Trinity!ship!Vestal.!Lost!his!life!at!sea!on!
Thursday!11th!January!1940!aged!19.!Son!of!Henry!(Harry)!Trenoweth!and!Catherine!Jane!Trenoweth!(nee!Boyns)!of!11!Treveneth!Crescent,!Gwavas!Estate,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!The!ship!
was!delivering!provisions!etc.!to!the!Eddystone!Lighthouse!which!is!situated!on!the!Eddystone!
Rocks,!9!miles!South!West!of!Rame!Head,!Cornwall.!A!launch!with!eight!crew!was!lowered!but!
swamped!by!heavy!seas!when!the!engine!failed.!There!was!only!one!survivor.!Listed!on!Paul!
Church!War!Memorial,!Mousehole!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial,!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road.!Romilly!was!a!temporary!employee!of!Trinity!House!have!only!joined!in!the!previous!week.!
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TREVASKIS,!Watson.!Sapper.!2155745.!Royal!Engineers.!Killed!by!enemy!action!on!Saturday!21st!
March!1942!age!19.!!Younger!son!of!Howard!and!Eva!Trevaskis!of!Carn!Topna,!Mousehole.!
Member!of!both!Mount!Zion!Methodist!Choir!and!Mousehole!Male!Voice!Choir.!Interred!in!Paul!
Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Mousehole!Methodist!
Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!On!Sunday!4th!January!1948!a!red!altar!frontal!,!given!by!his!parents!in!memory!of!their!son,!was!dedicated!in!Paul!Church.!
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TUBBY,!Ellen!Rosemary!Patricia.!Miss.!Civilian.!Killed!on!Sunday!8th!June!1941!age!10!days.!
Daughter!of!Herbert!Alfred!and!Annie!Mary!Tubby!of!44!Belgravia!Street,!Penzance.!Killed!in!air!
raid!at!17!Alma!Terrace,!Penzance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!Just!before!2300!hrs!10!high!explosive!and!a!number!of!incendiary!bombs!fell.!Six!houses!were!completely!destroyed!at!Alma!Place,!another!30!seriously!damaged!!and!about!700!
persons!were!affected.!One!bomb!on!St!James!Street!caused!widespread!damaged!affecting!some!
300!houses.!Nine!persons,!including!a!member!of!the!Auxiliary!Fire!Service,!were!killed!and!26!
were!seriously!injured.!
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UREN,!William!(Willie)Trevorrow.!Petty!Officer!Stoker.!D/KX!77861.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Gypsy!
(H63).!Killed!in!action!on!Tuesday!21st!November!1939!age!30.!Son!of!James!B.!and!Alice!Uren;!husband!of!Winifred!Uren!of!45!Medrose!Terrace,!Penzance.!Interred!St!Mary!Churchyard,!
Shotley,!Suffolk.!Listed!on!Ludgvan!Church!War!Memorial,!Lelant!Church!War!Memorial,!Long!
Rock!Memorial!Institute!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Gypsy,!a!G!
class!destroyer,!was!mined!and!sunk!in!the!channel!to!Harwich!21st!November!1939!with!the!loss!
of!30!members!of!her!crew.!!!
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WALL,!Eric!Frank.!Sapper.!2198967.!2nd!Boring!Platoon,!Royal!Engineers.!Killed!in!action!on!Saturday!29th!September!1945!age!32.!Born!in!Devon.!Listed!on!the!Cassino!Memorial,!Frosinone,!
Italy,!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!Madron!War!Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!
of!Remembrance.!
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WALLEN,!George!Harry!Verley.!Petty!Officer!Cook.!D/M39095.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Jaguar!(F34).!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!26th!March!1942!age!35.!Son!of!George!Duncan!Wallen!and!Ellen!
Maria!Wallen;!husband!of!Elizabeth!Anne!Wallen!of!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!
Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!71.!Column!3),!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!HMS!Jaguar,!a!J!class!destroyer,!was!hit!by!two!torpedoes!from!German!
submarine!U:652!in!the!Mediterranean!on!26th!March!1942.!She!caught!fire!and!sank!within!a!
short!time!with!the!loss!of!193!members!of!her!crew.!!
WARE,!Austin!Kinver.!Lance!Bombardier!(Observer).!14247530.!53rd!Medium!Regiment,!Royal!
Artillery.!Died!on!Thursday!8th!June!1944!age!26.!Son!of!Samuel!and!Beatrice!Irene!Ware;!
husband!of!Mary!Irene!Ware!of!Redruth.!Bannerville:la:Campagne!War!Cemetery,!Calvados,!
Normandy,!France.!Listed!on!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church),!Madron!and!Blackwater!War!
Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!WARREN,!J.E.!Lance!Bombardier.!Royal!Artillery.!61!Chywoone!Avenue,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!
in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial.!!
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WATERS,!Albert!Leslie.!Private.!S/258900.!Royal!Army!Service!Corps!attached!Gordon!
Highlanders.!Died!on!Friday!24th!December!1943!age!32!!following!a!traffic!accident!on!the!
Bodmin/Liskeard!road.!Son!of!Albert!Grose!Waters!and!Laura!Waters;!husband!of!Dorothy!
Emmeline!Waters!of!31!Polweath!Road,!Treneere,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Interred,!with!his!wife,!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!
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WATERS,!Garnet.!Serjeant.!5492922.!4th!Battalion,!Royal!Sussex!Regiment.!Killed!in!action!
sometime!during!June!1940!age!31.!Born!in!St!Just:in:Penwith,!Cornwall.!Son!of!!Richard!Waters!
and!Elizabeth!(Eliza)!Ann!Waters!(nee!Pascoe);!husband!of!Mabel!Waters!of!Liphook,!Hampshire.!
Interred!in!Lille!Southern!Cemetery,!Nord,!France.!Listed!on!St!Just!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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WATERS,!!George!Lawrence.!Sergeant.!1315374.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!57!
Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!Shot!down!over!target!area!which!was!Stettin,!Poland!on!Thursday!6th!
January!1944!aged!28.!Lancaster!III!(JB541!DX:A).!Interred!in!Poznan!Old!Garrison!Cemetery,!
Poland!(Collective!Grave!6.C.3:12).!Son!of!Arthur!and!Elizabeth!(Bessie)!Beckerleg!Waters!of!
Treveneth!Farm,!Newlyn,!Penzance;!brother!of!Doris!Semmens!of!Paul,!Penzance.!Listed!on!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!Also!listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!
Newlyn!War!Memorial,!Mousehole!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!At!the!time!of!his!death!the!squadron!was!operating!Lancaster!Mark!I!and!III!
bombers!out!of!RAF!East!Kirkby,!Lincolnshire.!
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WATERS,!Laurance.!Driver.!Royal!Army!Service!Corps.!Died!of!wounds!on!Thursday!23rd!November!1944!age!31!in!Holland.!Farmer!before!joining!the!Army!in!1939.!Second!son!of!Albert!
George!and!Clara!Bertha!Waters!of!Middle!Kemyel,!Paul,!Penzance,!Cornwall;!husband!of!
Aubreen!Waters!of!Northern!Ireland.!Interred!in!Leopoldsburg!War!Cemetery,!Belgium!(III.C.15).!
Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!headstone!in!
Paul!Church!Hall!Churchyard.!The!font!cover!in!Paul!Church!is!inscribed!as!follows::!To!the!glory!
of!God!and!in!loving!memory!of!Laurence!Waters!who!gave!his!life!in!the!1939!:!1945!war.!Died!
23rd!November!1944!aged!31!years.!This!cover!is!given!by!his!parents.!!
WATERS,!Richard!Henry!(Harry).!Gunner.!1428141.!5/3rd!Maritime!Regiment,!Royal!Artillery.!
Killed!in!action!at!sea!on!convoy!duty!on!Saturday!9th!August!1941!age!22!whilst!serving!on!the!
SS!Cordene.!Youngest!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!J.C.!Waters!of!7!Falmouth!Place,!Carnyorth,!St!Just!but!
formerly!of!Paul,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Chatham!Naval!Memorial,!Kent!(Panel!51,!Column!1),!on!
Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Pendeen!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!
SS!Cordene,!a!2,345!GRT!cargo!coaster,!was!attacked!and!sunk!by!enemy!aircraft!in!the!North!Sea!off!Mundesley,!Norfolk!whilst!heading!southward!towards!the!Thames!Estuary.!Harry!was!
trained!as!a!gunner!and!then!loaned!to!the!Merchant!Navy!while!they!trained!their!own!men!for!
the!job.!When!the!ship!was!attacked!the!bomb!exploded!aboard!and!Harry!was!blown!overboard!
and!not!seen!again.!
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WATERS,!William!Thomas!(Tom)!de!Rouffignac.!Distinguished!Flying!Cross.!Pilot!Officer.!Royal!Air!Force!Volunteer!Reserve.!62!Squadron,!Royal!Air!Force.!Killed!in!action!over!Singapore!on!
Monday!26th!January!1942!age!24.!Son!of!Harry!and!Marie!de!Rouffignac!Waters;!husband!of!
Mary!H.!Waters!(nee!Mayne!of!Lamorna)!of!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Educated!at!Penzance!County!
School!for!Boys!(now!Humphry!Davy!School)!and!Truro!Cathedral!School.!Listed!on!Kranji!
Memorial,!Singapore!(Column!413),!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance.!Played!for!both!Newlyn!Rugby!Club!and!Penzance!Cricket!Club.!He!won!his!DFC!when!pilot!of!one!of!two!aircraft!which!attacked!a!convoy!of!a!large!merchantman,!escorted!by!
five!destroyers,!in!the!Borkum!area!of!the!North!Sea.!While!taking!avoiding!action!a!wing!of!his!
aircraft!struck!the!water!tearing!off!the!tip.!Finding!that!his!aircraft!was!still!flying!correctly!he!
again!attacked!the!convoy!and!later!was!able!to!bring!his!aircraft!and!crew!safely!back!to!base.!At!
the!time!of!his!death!the!squadron!was!operating!Blenheim!Mark!I!bombers!out!of!RAF!Tengah,!
Singapore.!! WEARNE,!William!Arthur.!AB!Seaman.!D/JX283080.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Falmouth!(L34).!Died!on!
Thursday!23rd!July!1942!age!38.!Son!of!Arthur!and!Chrysida!Wearne;!husband!of!Sophia!Smith!
Wearne!of!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!Interred!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!!HMS!
Falmouth,!a!Falmouth!class!sloop,!was!launched!in!1932.!On!24th!June!1940!she!sunk!Italian!
submarine!Galvani!in!the!Gulf!of!Oman.!Renamed!RNVR!Calliope!in!1952!and!scrapped!in!1968.!
!WEBSTER,!Patrick!(Pat)!James!Trevor.!Stoker.!LT/X9901S.!Royal!Naval!Patrol!Service.!HM!
Trawler!Comet.!Lost!his!life!at!sea!on!Monday!30th!September!1940!age!28.!Son!of!Trevor!and!
Elizabeth!Webster;!husband!of!Susan!Carter!Webster!of!46!Chywoone!Avenue,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!
Listed!on!Lowestoft!Naval!Memorial,!Suffolk!(Panel!41),!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!
Book!of!Remembrance.!The!vessel!was!sunk!by!a!mine!off!Falmouth,!Cornwall.!
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WHITING,!Leslie!Arthur.!Private.!5445203.!2nd!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Killed!in!action!on!Friday!30th!April!1943!age!20.!Only!son!of!Albert!and!Laura!Whiting!of!47!Queen!
Street,!Penzance!but!formerly!of!Folkestone.!Interred!Massicault!War!Cemetery,!Tunisia,!North!
Africa.!Listed!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!The!Battalion!arrived!in!North!Africa!on!23rd!
March!1943!and!were!soon!into!action.!On!28th!April!the!1st!West!Kents!attacked!and!seized!Point!
133,!30!miles!South!of!Tunis,!but!were!driven!off!when!the!Germans!counter:attacked!the!
following!day.!At!2345!hours!that!same!day!A!and!D!Companies!of!2!DCLI!attempted!to!retake!the!objective!but!after!hours!of!fierce!fighting!were!forced!to!withdraw!in!good!order!and!reached!
Battalion!Headquarters!at!1400!hours.!Only!3!officers!and!65!others!ranks!made!it!back.!The!
remainder,!5!officers!and!77!other!ranks!were!lost,!the!majority!being!killed.!
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WHITTA,!William!Thomas.!Assistant!Steward.!D/LX!26646.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Gurkha!(F63).!Killed!
in!action!on!Saturday!17th!January!1942!age!29.!Son!of!William!and!Amelia!Jane!Whitta!of!
Portherras!Cross,!Pendeen;!husband!of!Nanny!Whitta!of!Pendeen.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!on!Pendeen!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Gurkha,!an!L!
class!destroyer,!was!escorting!a!Malta!bound!convoy!when!at!0735!hours!on!17th!January!1942!
she!was!hit!by!a!torpedo!from!German!submarine!U113.!She!caught!fire!from!stem!to!stern!and!
was!scuttled!north!of!Sidi!Barrani,!North!Africa!later!that!day!with!9!casualties.!
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WILLIAMS,!Griffith!Harding.!Lieutenant.!Royal!Naval!Reserve.!HM!Yacht!Viva!II.!Killed!in!action!at!sea!on!Thursday!8th!May!1941!age!37.!Son!of!Joseph!Harding!Williams!and!Meta!Augusta!
Williams!of!Trewelm,!Polwithen,!Penzance;!husband!of!Mary!(Molly)!Clarice!Williams!(nee!
Gooderson)!of!Penhale!Jakes,!Ashton,!near!Penzance.!Listed!on!Lowestoft!Naval!Memorial,!Breage!
War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!Sunk!by!aircraft!off!the!North!coast!of!
Cornwall!on!8th!May!1941.!
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WILLIAMS,!John!(Jack)!Verrant.!Leading!Aircraftman.!632758.!Royal!Air!Force.!Died!through!war!service!at!Prince!of!Wales!Hospital,!Plymouth,!Devon!on!Friday!31st!May!1946!age!33.!Son!of!John!
Polglase!Williams!and!Mary!Ann!Williams!of!11!Daniel!Place,!Penzance,!Cornwall;!husband!of!
Mary!Ethel!Williams!of!Plymouth,!Devon.!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!
of!Remembrance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!!
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WILLIAMS,!Kenneth.!Private.!5439273.!1st!Battalion,!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!Killed!in!action!on!Friday!5th!June!1942!age!23!during!the!Battle!of!Gazala!(The!Cauldron)!in!Libya,!North!
Africa.!Son!of!Henry!Cornish!Williams!and!Beatrice!Williams!of!8!Treveneth!Crescent,!Gwavas!
Estate,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Alamein!Memorial,!Egypt!(Column!61),!Paul!Church!War!
Memorial,!Newlyn!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!headstone!in!Paul!
Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul.!The!Battalion,!under!the!command!of!the!5th!(Indian)!Infantry!
Division,!fought!a!somewhat!confused!and!hard!battle!in!the!area!of!Bir!el!Harmat!about!30!miles!to!the!south!west!of!Tobruk.!
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WILLIAMS,!Rosie.!Leading!Aircraftswoman.!440653.!Womans!Auxiliary!Air!Force.!Died!on!
Thursday!10th!January!1946!age!23.!Daughter!of!Richard!and!Adiline!Williams!of!Heamoor,!
Penzance.!Interred!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!Listed!on!both!Heamoor!(St!Thomas’!Church)!and!
Madron!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!WINDSOR,!Frederick!Roland.!AB!Seaman.!D/JX135549.!Royal!Navy.!HMS!Neptune!(20).!Lost!at!
sea!through!enemy!action!on!Friday!19th!December!1941!age!26.!Son!of!Frederick!and!Daisy!
Windsor!of!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!Devon!(Panel!49.!Column!1),!
Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Neptune,!an!Achilles!class!
light!cruiser,!was!sunk!in!heavy!seas!off!Tripoli,!North!Africa!on!19th!December!1941!by!4!mines!
laid!by!an!Italian!cruiser!force!in!June!of!that!year.!There!was!only!one!survivor!(Norman!Walton)!
from!the!crew!of!767!and!he!was!rescued!by!an!Italian!torpedo!boat!4!days!later.!After!his!release!in!1943!from!an!Italian!POW!camp!he!served!in!a!frigate!on!Russian!convoys!and!then!in!the!
minesweeper!Rowena!before!being!de:mobbed!in!1946.!Recalled!for!the!duration!of!the!Korean!
war!he!finally!retired!as!a!Petty!Officer!and!died!on!20th!April!2005!age!84.!
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WORLEDGE,!Charles!William!John.!Stoker.!LT/KX106830.!Royal!Naval!Patrol!Service.!HMS!Girl!
Mary.!Lost!at!sea!on!10th!October!1940!age!42.!Son!of!Charles!and!Mary!Worledge;!husband!of!Nora!Worledge!of!Penzance,!Cornwall.!Listed!on!Lowestoft!Naval!Memorial!(Panel!4,!Column!1)!
and!on!both!Breage!and!Godolphin!Cross!War!Memorials.!HMS!Girl!Mary,!a!minesweeping!drifter!
of!25!tons,!was!sunk!off!Inchcolm!Monastery!in!the!Firth!of!Forth,!Scotland!following!an!
explosion.!She!sank!in!seven!fathoms!with!the!loss!of!two!of!her!crew!of!seven.!
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WORTH,!Desmond!Thomas.!Leading!Seaman.!D/JX151384.!Royal!Navy.!HM!Submarine!Pandora!
(N42).!Killed!in!action!Wednesday!1st!April!1942!age!20!years.!Son!of!Walter!Williams!Worth!and!Blanch!Cortney!Worth.!Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!on!Newlyn!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!HMS!Pandora,!a!P!class!submarine,!was!!launched!in!1929.!She!
was!bombed!and!sunk!by!Italian!aircraft!in!Valetta!Harbour,!Malta!on!1st!April!1942!shortly!after!
arriving!with!supplies!from!Gibraltar.!Raised!in!September!1943!but!not!repaired.!Scrapped!in!
1945.!
!WORTH,!Kenneth!John.!Ord!Seaman.!D/JX215019.!Royal!Navy.!Medoc.!Lost!at!sea!through!enemy!
action!on!Tuesday!26th!November!1940!age!25!years.!Son!of!John!and!Ann!Worth!of!Penzance.!
Listed!on!Plymouth!Naval!Memorial,!on!High!Street!Methodist!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!Medoc,!ex!coaster,!seized!at!Aboukir,!Egypt!from!the!French!
and!transferred!to!the!Polish!Navy!with!mainly!RN!crew.!On!the!afternoon!of!26th!November,!
while!loaded!with!ammunition,!!she!was!machine!gunned!and!torpedoed!by!a!German!aircraft!
near!the!Eddystone,!Plymouth.!She!sank!quickly!with!the!loss!of!all!thirty!nine!crew.!!!
WROATH,!Richard.!Lance!Corporal.!14210108.!Royal!Military!Police.!Killed!in!action!on!Thursday!
6th!April!1944!age!22!years.!Formerly!employee!of!Penzance!Corporation!at!the!Town!Yard.!Son!
of!Richard!Pentreath!Wroath!and!Ethel!Wroath!of!Mousehole.!Interred!Moascar!Military!
Cemetery,!Ismailia,!Egypt.!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial,!Mousehole!Methodist!Church!
War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance!and!on!headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!
Road,!Paul.!!!
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MALAYA!
1948!
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!JENNINGS,!David!William.!Lieutenant.!Straits!Settlements!Volunteer!Force.!Killed!by!bandits!at!
Kindutan,!Pahang,!Malaya!in!1948.!Also!served!during!World!War!II!as!Second!Lieutenant!in!the!
Kuantan!Defence!Corps!and!became!a!prisoner!of!war!of!the!Japanese.!Rubber!Planter.!Third!son!
of!the!Revd!Canon!Henry!Richard!Jennings!BA!and!Mrs!Susan!Jennings!of!Madron,!Penzance!and!
later!of!Kenwyn!Vicarage,!Truro.!Listed!on!Madron!War!Memorial,!in!Penzance!Book!of!
Remembrance!and!on!his!parents!headstone!in!Penzance!Cemetery.!Also!remembered,!along!with!his!two!brothers!Charles!and!Harold!(see!above)!who!died!during!World!War!II!whilst!
prisoners!of!war!in!the!Far!East,!on!a!stained!glass!window!in!Madron!Church.!
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KOREA!
1950!–!1953!
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OATES,!Jack!(Jacky)!J.!Private.!National!Servicemen.!22164491.!King’s!Shropshire!Light!Infantry!
attached!to!1st!Battalion,!Middlesex!Regiment.!Killed!in!action!in!Korea!on!Tuesday!24th!April!
1951!aged!22!years.!!Son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!J.!Oates!of!Tolcarne,!Newlyn,!Penzance.!Interred!in!the!
United!Nations!Memorial!Cemetery,!Busan,!South!Korea!(Plot!17,!Row!3).!Listed!on!Newlyn!War!
Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!ROBINSON,!George!Bruce.!Lieutenant.!P/385486.!Corps!of!Royal!Engineers.!Killed!in!action!by!a!
mine!in!Korea!on!Saturday!23rd!June!1951!aged!27!years.!Only!son!of!George!T.!Robinson!and!Lily!
Robinson!(nee!Spargo!of!Mousehole,!Cornwall)!of!Newington,!near!Sittingbourne,!Kent.!Interred!
in!United!Nations!Memorial!Cemetery,!Busan,!South!Korea!(Plot!24,!Row!3).!Listed!on!family!
headstone!in!Paul!Cemetery,!Sheffield!Road,!Paul!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
!TRACEY,!!John!Edward!(Jack).!Gunner.!5437245.!C!Troop,!170!Independent!Mortar!Battery,!Royal!
Artillery!ex!Duke!of!Cornwall’s!Light!Infantry.!!Died!from!disease!on!Saturday!8th!September!1951!
whilst!a!prisoner!of!war!in!North!Korea.!!Brought!up!in!Zennor!and!joined!the!Army!straight!from!
school!just!before!his!16th!birthday.!!Served!during!World!War!II!in!DCLI,!and!then!with!RA!in!5th!
Airborne.!!He!was!made!a!prisoner!of!war!by!the!Germans!in!Holland,!and!hiding!for!four!days,!
made!his!escape.!He!was!mentioned!in!despatches.!He!left!the!Army!after!the!war!but!was!
recalled!as!a!reservist!for!Korea.!Reported!missing!in!action!in!Korea!on!26th!April!1951!during!the!Battle!of!the!Imjin!when!his!troop!was!attached!to!1st!Battalion,!The!Royal!Gloucestershire!
Regiment.!He!later!wrote!to!his!parents!in!August!1951!from!POW!Camp!No.3!in!North!Korea.!!
Interred!in!United!Nations!Memorial!Cemetery,!Busan,!South!Korea!(Plot!70,!Row!11).!Son!of!Mr!
and!Mrs!Harry!Tracey!of!9!Duck!Street,!Mousehole,!Penzance.!!Mr!Harry!Tracey,!ex!Royal!Navy,!
was!with!HM!Coastguards!at!Zennor.!!John!Edward!Tracey!is!listed!on!a!plaque!within!Zennor!
Church,!near!St!Ives,!on!Zennor!War!Memorial!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!!
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YEMEN!
1963!
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JEFFREY,!!Reginald.!RM20977.!Lance!Corporal.!45!Commando,!3!Commando!Brigade,!Royal!Marines.!Killed!in!an!ambush!by!Yemeni!tribesmen,!Yemen,!South!Arabia!on!Saturday!22nd!June!
1963!aged!19!years.!Elder!son!of!Mr!and!Mrs!Jeffrey!of!3!Trungle!Terrace,!Paul,!Penzance.!
Interred!in!Maala!Cemetery,Aden!(Grave!134).!Listed!on!Paul!Church!War!Memorial!and!in!
Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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AFGHANISTAN!2010!
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HICKS,!Darren!Richard!Antony.!Lance!Corporal.!3!Platoon,!No!1!Company,!1st!Battalion,!
Coldstream!Guards.!Killed!by!an!explosion!in!the!Babaji!district!of!Helmand!province,!Afghanistan!
on!11th!February!2010!age!29.!Enlisted!on!14th!October!1999.!Son!of!David!Hicks!and!Janet!Hicks!(nee!Trewern)!of!Gwavas,!Newlyn,!Penzance;!husband!of!Katie!Hicks!(nee!Richards)!of!
Mousehole,!Cornwall.!Following!a!full!military!funeral!at!the!Paul!Church!on!5th!March!2010!he!
was!interred!in!Paul!(Sheffield!Road)!Cemetery.!Listed!on!Newlyn!and!Paul!Church!War!
Memorials!and!in!Penzance!Book!of!Remembrance.!
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